I spent one glorious week in Bali, Indonesia. After a simple AirB&B homestay, I went on a quest for something more luxurious since mom was coming to visit. I spent all the day trolling the beach for the right place: something with character, off the beatin’ path, but decently priced. Initially I wasn’t really on […]
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On a recent trip back to Washington D.C. I made a quick stop to one of my favorite neighborhoods. It was black history month, so to observe and honor the struggle that our African American brothers and sisters in this country endured so that the U.S. could become the nation that it
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I was doing okay with money…I thought. I paid for my most recent car in cash all up front to eliminate recurring car payments. I made a few smart decisions in college to minimize the amount of loans I’d need to take out. Graduating with student loan debt totaling about half the average debt for
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After spending a wonderful year in the most amazing oasis of a place, called Taos, New Mexico I’m back in the state doted for lovers– Virginia. New Mexico..especially the northern corridor with its high elevation at the base of the Rocky Mountains, arid desert, and Rio Grande Gorge/River is known as the “Land of Enchantment.”
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It has been a lovely fall, to say the least. I’ve been blessed with more opportunities to learn and grow and develop many skills and interests. I turned another year older and perhaps another year bolder. The past year I gave myself a move to Taos and with that was given a whole year of
I took my first trip up to Lama Foundation. How wonderful it was to get away to a secluded, spiritual location and feel the sentiment of the quiet and the mountain. Also very awe-inspiring seeing a true intentional community that has made sustainability a reality. Colorado Harvesting- Went with a friend Morgaine Witriol, owner of
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Awareness is the basics of everything. As Dr. Beth Rini Scott remarked “the building blocks of a positive experience. Yoga is a practice of uniting mind, body, and soul. She said about it’s ability to change us that, “It isn’t different if there isn’t a different quality of awareness.” This takes me back my yoga
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For mi hermana and I, going on vaca doesn’t have to mean getting fat! Oh the contrary! It means getting away from your bad habits, setting the reset button on healthy life-styles, and slowing down long enough to get a really good meal, compromising on neither nutrition nor flavanoids. I. Stay active/moving as long as
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I went to Colombia free as a colibrí (hummingbird). I left India on a recent trip feeling constrained by the need to be protected. This is something that has been churning in my head for awhile. It dawned on me that at this day and age it’s something we create/live up to (or don’t) and
I have a bumper sticker on my car that says love people and cook them tasty food. I reckon it is true, cooking is an expression of love. I firmly believe being able to cook for oneself is a high form of autonomy. Knowing the ingredients you put in and their sources is powerful, especially
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