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Nightshades are a plant genus which includes tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplants, deadly nightshade, and more. All contain some amount of a certain toxin. In India in the 90’s sometime I was told by a kinesiologist that I was allergic to all of these except eggplant. Cessation of potato-eating led to…
The moon went to a Moon-gazing party. All she had to do Was glide & preen Like a mirror; Then chill still as fish-egg. In the cocoon-skin house Tea was served, And sliced persimmon Thin as glass. Then people slippered out The paper door To stand in the glistening waterfall…
I found a bio of James Dean at a garage sale for a quarter. When I travel I like to take incidental-looking little paperbacks, old or thin or otherwise disposable-looking; then I can discard them when I’m done, or, if they turn out to be good, give them away to…
I am sooo pleased to announce that nearly six years of work has culminated in the recent release of my new book, Love at Dancing Leaves: a Tantra Memoir. I have a feeling of deep completion, and yet of new beginnings. I’ve poured so much of myself into this project…
I’m back in Missouri, sooo enjoying garden (strawberries are the most incredible thing to grow – great ground cover, and then they just start giving you this wealth of jewels, a quart of them a day! Wow!), life, house, man, life, body, meditation, life…Scotland was tops, have written about it…
Here’s a pic of a marvellous kitty my brother Ian and I met at the house of an old friend’s, in Sausalito. It is a leopard cat, a cross of some sort of jungly feline with house cat. A descendant of this one won a prize in Monaco and had…
One evening I stood in a huge room with about fifty other people, in our meditation Commune in Poona, India. We were all experienced, intense, dedicated seekers-after-our-own-truth. The facilitator of the group asked us to begin walking around the room, looking at each other; we were to notice if anyone…
The moon is shy but bold, The moon’s made of ground goblins, The moon is a mirror. The moon doesn’t belong to me, The moon is a Frisbee, Is a scoop of lily ice cream. The moon cried louder than cats do, I heard it and came running, But then…
And never sacrifice; for if you sacrifice you cannot forgive and you cannot forget.Osho Freedom makes even love beautiful.Osho I am not talking here about the natural clinging of the infant to its mother; primate babies, including humans, have a powerful grip designed to enable them to grasp their mother’s…
This is a hearty, tasty dip or bread-spread or can be put on pasta or raw veg. Put in the blender: 6 or 7 large green olives, pits removed 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1 can organic salad beans, rinsed about 1/3-1/2 cup tahini sea salt and freshly ground pepper to…
This is a delicious cold nourishing drink without sugar, caffeine, or dairy. Pu in the blender 2 frozen bananas (freeze them already sliced), about 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, a jot of good vanilla extract, 2 ice cubes, and 2 tsps Pero or other grain coffee powder. Add 1 envelope…