February 2010
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On My Nightstand: 'Food Rules'
Food Rules, An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan (2009) is a brief, easy to read guide for anyone trying to eat better and simplify food choices. Many of us realize by now that the Western diet of over-processed food, meat, high fat and sugar content and refined grains is not healthy. He points out that our diet, compared to other traditional diets, is making us sick. Pollan, a...
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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and...”
– Maria Robinson
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On my iPod: Sade
Soldier of Love, just released last week is classic Sade R&B music with a little Reggae thrown in too. It’s been ten years since her last CD! I love the title song, which you may have already heard since she is making the rounds on the tv shows (she was on Ellen today and you can find the performance on the net). But also check out track one, The Moon and The Sky. She’s always...
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On My Nightstand
“What French Women Know About Love, Sex and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind,” by Debra Ollivier (2009) is a quick and interesting read that will challenge your American cultural perspective. We can all use a little of that. Several times while reading the book over the course of this weekend I thought, now that is insight I could have used yesterday…Ollivier is an excellent...
“The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. “Where shall I begin, please your...”
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland 