June 9, 2020
Read this if you drink milk
Picture yourself walking through the dairy isle at your grocery store down the block. You’re reaching for the milk carton with the happy cows and the grassy hills on it, the local kind. Local foods are a great thing, aren’t they? And they’re so good for the environment! Well, in this case, no. Of course…
May 25, 2020
Our Mind’s Immune System
This post is in response to gstine9’s post “Letting Your Guard Down in a Time of Crisis.” First off, I want to mention that I love the idea of depicting the ego as the mind’s immune system. In many ways it really is. It protects our mind from incoming criticism and failure, to keep it…
May 3, 2020
Bitter Sweet
Sometimes we forget to think. Not necessarily do we not think about our actions, but we don’t always take time to just sit and think, let our mind wander, meditate in a way. That’s why I like our contemplative practices. The one that made me think the most was ironically about something we don’t usually…
April 13, 2020
Asparagus Adversity
One thing us Germans are really weird about is asparagus. During the yearly asparagus season it feels like that is all we eat, and right now we’re in the middle of it. I’ve never thought about who was responsible for picking it, but as it turns out that those people are almost entirely Polish seasonal…
April 7, 2020
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