Learning to Be Comfortable Dealing with the Uncomfortable
I also knew that facing the hard stuff of our past is the best way to heal and grow, so I welcomed the experience. Sure enough, after it was over with, I was able to heal even more.
False Allegations Cancel Nonprofit Programs at Mendocino County Jail
We’ve lost a great partnership, and with a heavy heart we’ll keep moving forward. Continuing to create the world we want to live in is lonely but necessary work. Our mission lives on and the next chapter begins.
Know Your Lifeboat: An Interview with Permaculturist Brock Dolman
We are perched on the tipping point of a “watershed moment.” Now is the time to bring our communities together to set in motion plans and processes that ensure our watersheds will remain healthy in perpetuity.
Indian Take on Nachos with Cheddar, Black Beans, and Coriander Chutney
This dish’s flavor is more complex than typical nachos, just a hint of sweetness from the maple syrup and a clean fresh taste from the coriander chutney and lime juice, a nice salty crunch…
Meditation in a County Jail
[M]ostly I drew from my still deeply held conviction that to thrive in the stark and rigid environment of incarceration, one had to have practices to help bring the self to an essential freedom — within.
Tenderloin: Love with No Separation
I realized I had a lot of love in me wanting to get out, but that I didn’t want to do it on my own and that I didn’t need to do it on my own, that is the thing with love — there doesn’t need to be any separation inside of it.
Underneath the Hood of Race Relations
[T]he complexity of who we are actually includes multichromatic lineages: both dominant and marginalized cultures from all over the world, as well as ancestors who have probably been both oppressor and the oppressed.
Reflections from a Death Row Monk
The more I learn to trust my inner senses, the more I see they are way more intelligent than my thoughts ever were. So it’s my horse who teaches my rider how to stay connected…
More than a Guard
We offer not only the tools to officers for the improvement of their mental health, but also help clear the stigma of the guard to the nobler role this profession plays as the guardian.
Ghee
Ghee is a little hard to make unless you see someone do it. This photo essay lets you make your own ghee without someone there to help you.