project bears fruit!
as i stated in update 1, one of my goals with this friday update has been to make friday the actual end of my week, and to transition into a work life more attuned to my son rowan’s life schedule. well, jack be nimble if i didn’t just have my entire saturday morning [...]
From the monthly archives:
October 2008
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democracy is coming
it’s coming to america first
the cradle of the best and of the worst
its here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and its here they got the spiritual thirst.
what’s all this talk?
well it definitely seems to be one of those things that you have to say if you want to be loved in [...]
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the grateful dead is a buddhist term
well it’s friday again, and what a long strange week it’s been. not strange as in supernatural, extremely unusual, or “what the heck was that?”. strange as in when’s the last time i got up in the dark five days in a row to catch the train into cambridge? [...]
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setting a foundation
spending the week with john friend, founder of anusara yoga and my yoga guru for all intents and purposes. and like the title says, yoga ain’t what you think it is, probably. and that other scary word, guru; that just means light bringer. it’s an honorific, which can be challenging in contemporary america. [...]
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I ain’t no doctor
a weekly column by charles faris, hhc
Oh most humble and sometimes pressed for time non-doc;
I know you are spending the week studying with your main yogi John Friend, so I thought I would ask you a simple question: how the heck am I supposed to get enough greens into my diet? I [...]
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simple and powerful
there is a simple honor and dignity in this appearance by colin powell that moves me to tears. watch the clip and bear in mind that this man is a republican. may all americans be this inclusive, this egalitarian.
following his endorsement on meet the press, mr. powell elaborated a bit more with reporters. [...]
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it all starts with a life vision
in my case that vision would include having a weekend. for the past…where’s my calculator…ohhh…let’s just say a long long time…i’ve been working evenings and weekends. which was fine and all by me. it was the best time to make money, and it’s generally easy to navigate your way [...]
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ending poverty in our time
so here we are. blog action day. in which we do something about poverty.
now. i could get all cynical here and point out all of the things that are stupid about having any kind of day, or the ridiculousness of some of the bullet points people offer up for “doing something [...]
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I ain’t no doctor
a weekly column by charles faris, hhc
Last week I began looking at a question from Massachusetts Sugar Fiend, who claimed to be “plagued by the desire to eat sweets; breakfast, lunch and dinner, morning, noon and night”, and wanted to know “what foods are good alternatives to satisfy my sugar craving?” We [...]
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I ain’t no doctor
a weekly column by charles faris, hhc
Charles,
I am finding myself plagued by the desire to eat sweets; breakfast, lunch and dinner, morning, noon and night. What foods are good alternatives to satisfy my sugar craving?
Massachusetts Sugar Fiend
Dear Sugar Fiend,
Thanks for asking me one of my very favorite questions! And pardon me if [...]
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