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Written in Pencil 2 19

Tom Myers talks about body consciousness. I start thinking about expanding that body consciousness into the environment. Could ultra green be ultra yoga?

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Really Healthy: Pea Soup

Really Healthy: Pea Soup

This season is a great time for soup in general, and pea soup is easy, satisfying and really helpful in the journey back from holiday splurges.

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Written in Pencil 1 15

We are moving toward the front edge of spring and I am thinking about the fluidity of light and time.

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Holiday Edition: Joanna

Holiday Edition: Joanna

A cascade of reflections on the passing of a year.

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Written in Pencil 12 18

I have spent my life being really that careful. Don’t spend it today. Don’t wear it today, don’t finish it today, you might need it more tomorrow.

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Really Healthy: Garbanzos & Greens

Really Healthy: Garbanzos & Greens

The feasting season is here: my clothes are tight, and I am ready to move back to my usual eating habits.

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Written in Pencil 11 24

1958: twenty years old and teaching at PS 39 South Bronx. The only thing I was really sure of was I wanted self-sustaining work and a place of my own.

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Really Healthy: Sweet Potato Breakfast

Really Healthy: Sweet Potato Breakfast

One of my favorite breakfasts is home fried sweet potatoes. They are rich and satisfying by themselves, or wonderful with a salad.

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Written in Pencil 10 23

I can do it any time. Why do it now? I realized I’ve let too many things become the choices I did not make, and one day there will be no “later.”

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Really Healthy: Sautéed Greens

Really Healthy: Sautéed Greens

As the weather cools, shift from salad to sauté.

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Written in Pencil 10 2

The seasons change. But how about what we impose on ourselves? I seem to impose winter on myself way before it has ever arrived.

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Really Healthy: Bright-eye Breakfast

Really Healthy: Bright-eye Breakfast

Savory citrus kale and orange salad.

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