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Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Qi Gong is the Alphabet

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Yoga On Demand | elephant journal

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

The one that DIDN'T get away!

A real fish story!

Being Slow | elephant journal

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

The HomeVan Provides for the Homeless ~ Michael Levin. | elephant journal

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Glassbooth Helps You Decide How to Vote | elephant journal

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Herb Enlightenment

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Gainesville Regional Utilities Pays for Solar Energy

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

SpinSpotter Flags Media Bias

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Homelessness | elephant journal

Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"

Roast your own coffee | elephant journal

Think roasting your own coffee is hard? Think again...

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Cochabamba is a beautiful city, Bolivia´s 4th largest, and towers at 2500 meters or about 8,000 feet above sea level. We are here to enjoy the wedding of my friend Lamine from Senegal and Maria, who was born here. Before arriving here, we spent ...
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New Mexico Hatch chilis, jalapeños, Anaheim, the list goes on forever. Few foods evoke as much love and emotion as peppers. Love 'em? We do! Roll up your sleeves and join the Pepper Zoo. Smile!
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Going somewhere? I love travel by the seat of my pants. Hostels, Westies, andando. How do you like it?
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Sunset over the water, complete with wooden pier. I love it!
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These days I find myself thinking about the ecosystem birds and other tree loving creatures live in, above the earth, looking down from treetops.
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Beautiful! I can practically feel the warmth, smell the salt air in the balmy breeze...I imagine walking barefoot in the sand to the local seafood shack and having a cold drink...pelicans cawing in the air on a wooden pier.
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Like a Rorschach in the sky...I see dancing pigs, like the Bubbaloo's logo:
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V1 And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me w...
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Ah, tzatziki sauce! I was just in Houston, TX where the famous Niko Niko's restaurant still (hooray) exists on Montrose. I love their tzatziki sauce.
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What is your main interest(s)? All of these questions are optional!
Organic Gardening, Vegetarian Cooking, Sustainable Lifestyles, Mind:::Body:::Spirit, Bicycles, Poetry, Helping others, Alternative Energy
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Photography, creative writing, travel. I'm hooked on John Nichols novels.
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http://www.swampcast.com
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A little about me: http://tinyurl.com/22u237

John Nichols novel "The Empanada Brotherhood" was a whole, little world that occurred in Greenwich Village. I just went there for a surprise birthday present.

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Organics in Cochabamba, Bolivia


Cochabamba is a beautiful city, Bolivia´s 4th largest, and towers at 2500 meters or about 8,000 feet above sea level. We are here to enjoy the wedding of my friend Lamine from Senegal and Maria, who was born here.

Before arriving here, we spent a little time in La Paz, which is at 14,000 feet elevation. A friend wrote and asked how is it to feel 80 years old all of a sudden due to the ALTIT… Continue

Posted on November 28, 2009 at 9:34am —

Michael Levin

Keep Your Thoughts



However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. ThiContinue

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 2:36am —

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Jalapeño Days at the McRorie Community Garden



There's something about hot peppers, especially jalapeños, that just makes me feel great. It all goes back to my days growing up in the Southwest. Peppers are such a part of the culture in Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Colorado (to name just a few places) that its impossible to ignore th… Continue

Posted on October 21, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Michael Levin

Write History Today


NPR: "After a delayed start due to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Iraqi studeContinue

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A Great Day at the Garden!


Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Gainesvile, FL. The weather is finally cooling down.


That gives the flowers a chance to bloom.

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Posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:30am —

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At 11:40am on November 27, 2009, Jennifer said…
Hi Mike! Thank you for all your comments! The painting with the hand and the fish has the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background and a snake crawling through the mountains and up my arm. I hope you have a beautiful holiday weekend!
At 8:24pm on October 8, 2009, Carol Ann Brooks said…
Right now, I don't have a garden, but I live in an apartment building for seniors (I can't believe I'm old enough. Where did the time go?) and the management has promised to dig up a sunny spot for us to have an organic garden. There are quite a few residents here who like to dig in the dirt and grow our own veggies. So, I can't wait. It will be nice not to have to travel to the garden. But I do miss the nice people at McRorie. If you know anyone who wants garden signs, let me know.
At 6:46pm on October 8, 2009, Carol Ann Brooks said…
Hi, Michael,
I gave up my plot at McCrorie because I couldn't seem to get over there and it was so hot, I always seemed to be out of town and I thought someone else could benefit more. In case you don't remember me, I'm the lady who made the signs. How's it going over there?
Carol
At 6:37pm on October 5, 2009, mycol stevens said…
awesome mike!
sorry I am bad about checking the emails. Hope all if flowin great and keep up the great work here:)
At 6:04am on October 1, 2009, Behrang Saeedzadeh said…
I am too lazy to take photos but I ask my sister to take some and will send 'em to you ;-) How's The Swamp? It's been a great month here. Much cooler and rainier than previous years...
At 9:32am on September 30, 2009, Behrang Saeedzadeh said…
Hi Mike!

I am in Tehran ATM. I had read about that in the news too but I don't know if Monash is affected by it or not. I will go back to Melb on 6th Oct...
At 11:08am on August 18, 2009, Alicia Mohler said…
Thank you, Mike. I live in AZ. I teach middle school and we are working on a school yard garden. We are hoping to donate our produce to the community food bank. I am new to gardening, and especially new to organic gardening, so I am really trying to educate myself so I can pass that along to my students. Thanks for the welcome! :)
At 10:45am on August 2, 2009, Mikey Dub said…
Happy Birthday Mike
"Man, who is by nature selfish, must learn that only in serving others can he reach the full stature or attain the noble destinies for which God created him." HIM Emperor Haile Selassie I
At 5:41pm on July 9, 2009, James Steele said…
Hi Michael, glad you like Gainesville Farm Fresh. There's much to do, but in just 3 weeks we have reached 3900 hits so I know there is interest. Love the garden at McRorie and have taken some good photos. Look forward to a good dialogue.
At 10:15pm on July 8, 2009, Monica Carter said…
Hello Michael, I really like your site; I stumbled upon it on Craig's List and was astonished at all you offer :)
Then I saw Kate's Fish Camp links on all the pages and was blown away. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
And you joined Friends of Newnan's lake too.
Anytime you are out our way stop by and Mike (my husband) and I will take you and yours for a boat ride on this beautiful lake, or maybe a jet ski ride :)
We have Fun! Anyway, I like what you are doing!
Positively,
Monica
 
 

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Do Travel Writers Go To Hell? by Thomas Kohnstamm

A comic rogue who seems to have modeled his life and prose on Hunter S. Thompson’s… I could not get enough of the most depraved travel book of the year.

Un-Natural Selection

Hiking on Paynes Prairie yesterday, we watched a large flock of turkeys strutting among the dog fennel and salt bush plants. But we were also a bit horrified...

How to Cheat Time

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The Food Issue - Why Jonathan Safran Foer Chose to Give Up Meat - NYTimes.com

Changing what we eat and letting tastes fade from memory create a kind of cultural loss, a forgetting.

Hanshan (poet)

Hanshan (Chinese: 寒山; pinyin: Hánshān; literally "Cold Mountain", fl. 9th century) was a legendary figure associated with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Taoist and Chan tradition. He is honored as an incarnation of the Bodhisattva -figure Manjusri in Zen lore.

The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism--Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.

Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute

Hundreds of private e-mail messages and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.

Blue Zones

When people think of living longer, they think about their body.They think about exercise, diet and nutrition. But research shows that state of ones mind is as important, if not more, than the state of ones body.

Acupuncture School Los Angeles - Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM

This school teaches the form of QiGong offered at the Seaside Hostel in Portland,OR

Spirituality of Tea: God's Blessing for your Mind, Body, and Spirit

There's Peace of Mind for the health of your mind. Then tea is the Fountain of Youth for your body. And your spirit? That's where tea is the Tree of Life. Spirituality of Tea explores these three, inseparable from each other. It's healing for your whole person.

Bad Armadillo Vineyard - Winemaking

A small vineyard describes their winemaking process

madison.com - Red Bikes

Bike Sharing Scheme in Madison, WI

Remember Be Here Now (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remember Be Here Now is the title of a 1971 book on spirituality and meditation by Ram Dass. The title derives from a repeated teaching of his guide and companion, Bhagavan Das.


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