Garden for Your Life
Five Exciting Reasons--and One Downright Scary One--You Should Learn to Grow Food This Year
Spring has sprung, and another Earth Day has just been celebrated. If you're looking for a good way to "go green"...
Go Mother Yourself!
In the month of May, we traditionally honor the woman who gave us birth and/or the woman who nurtured and cared for us -- our Mother. The second Sunday brings us crowded restaurants, over-worked...
Fields of Opportunity
The steady growth of organic farming in Minnesota and the economic impacts of organics on rural communities cannot and should not be ignored. The USDA recently reiterated their commitment to organic production by announcing another...
New film finds solutions to global problems
Economics of Happiness: Going local can help solve our global crises
The launch of The Economics of Happiness, a one-hour documentary about the worldwide movement for economic localization, recently debuted in America and Europe. Festival...
Avatar’s Cameron documents efforts to protect sacred river
Highly acclaimed director James Cameron (Avatar) teamed up with Amazon Watch to produce a short feature "A Message from Pandora" to spotlight the battle to stop construction of the massive Belo Monte Dam on...
Do It Green!
Minnesota's 5th Annual Green Gifts Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Midtown Global Market on Lake Street and 10th Avenue in Minneapolis. Shop green gifts...
The Dalai Lama condemns cage confinement of egg-laying hens
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has issued a statement in the wake of the largest egg recall in United States history. In a letter, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate decries the egg industry's...
Heal the Earth Meditation
In June, while visiting friends in Santa Fe, I participated in the New Moon retreat, a gathering of women every new moon on land called Haelan Circle. Usually we meet in the Moon Dome....
Animals say the Darndest Things
"Share the funniest experience you've had with your pet." When I read The Edge's theme for this month, it caused some writer's block. As a long-time animal lover turned professional animal communicator, I have...
Meditating with Your Pet
Keta, my beloved Yorkshire Terrier, has been assisting me in meditation for eight years and has consistently helped with my healing and energy work for more than four years.
What can your beloved pet do...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Thunder Paws!
There's something really incredible about having a dog with a sense of humor. I mean, who ever heard of a dog wearing a red plastic bucket over her head, or making a pillow fort...
Maintaining inner peace: Catlady-style
My three cats completely get me. They jump up for a snuggle when they know I feel sad and they engage me in games when they sense I'm in a playful mood. Another great...
Canine lover finds joy with a dog-like cat
Most of my life I didn't like cats. Growing up, we were a dog family. Cats were scary, unpredictable and made us sneeze and itch.
Dogs, on the other hand, were loyal, dependable and made...
Natures Recipe: Take Time to Connect
I have a favorite park near my home. It is very large with many beautiful trails that flow through prairie land, wooded areas, beautiful pines, and a natural apple orchid.
As I was walking alone...
Rhythm of the Earth – Summer Solstice Event
Lake Harriet Spiritual Community will observe the Summer Solstice - honoring the divine masculine, and celebrating the sun at its zenith - with "Baptism of Fire" at 8 p.m. Friday, June 18, followed by...
Full Spectrum Gardening
Have you ever thought about the full spectrum of the gardening cycle that is taking place whenever you receive fresh produce? This spectrum actually begins in the winter while the soil lies barren and...
Take the time to be with nature
I have always been an animal person, much to my mother's dismay. I brought home salamanders, birds, cats, bugs and snakes. Pretty much any critter that would allow me to pick it up, I...
