“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

Now that the warm weather is really here (for those in the northern hemisphere anyway) and the sun visits in its yellowy, brightness more often than not, I have been feeling more energized and happier. And […]

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“What is a cynic?
A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
~Oscar Wilde

I am so glad that self-development and spiritual-development are becoming more widely accepted topics, and that so many people are embracing the betterment of their lives through connecting with nature and their true souls.
Myself, I’ve been […]

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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”
~John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

It’s April Fools Day (and yesterday was my birthday) so, as a friendly gesture, I wanted to offer you the opportunity, on this very day, […]

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“Aurora Musis amica: Dawn is friend of the muses.”
~Latin Proverb

I am not necessarily writing this post for public consumption, but more as a record for my own self. (In case the fighter against early rising should return to the forefront of my mind at some point in the future.)
For months now I have been trying […]

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Some people are just drawn here. But few can explain why. Is it the history of the place? Is it the myths? Is it the modern community that they find here? For myself I cannot say that it is any one thing which makes Glastonbury (also known as Avalon) such a […]

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Some of you may be aware that, as an herbalist, I prefer self-healing to westernized medicine. Of course I do not advocate skipping immediate medical treatment in cases of extreme illness or emergency, but I feel that all intuition and common sense has vacated the local doctor’s office and gone searching for greener pastures.
For […]

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We have a ticket in hand, January 18, 2008 both Serge and myself will be off to the UK. This is the first time that I ever had a stopover as most flights from Boston are direct to Heathrow. We chose to fly an Irish airline which stops over in Dublin, because it […]

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