Plastic Bags are Growing on Trees! Thinking about Plastic on International Surfing Day

One of my favorite running routes on Oahu is up Diamond Head road to the lookout. Over four years ago I stood there after a run, looking out at the ocean and decided I wanted to move to Hawaii. And I noticed a plastic bag in a tree. A black, plastic bag, knotted and wrapped around the limb of an old tree, weathered and torn, one frayed strand of it swaying in the wind. It…

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Vancouver Riots: Trying to Make Sense of a Night of Destruction

Like a car wreck you can’t help but look at, I sat in front of my computer for hours last night watching the riots unfold live in Vancouver, with an ever growing pit of sickness in my stomach. When I finally got up from my seat, the sun had set and the house was dark except for the glow of my computer screen. I closed my laptop to the image of black smoke billowing up…

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Clean Program – Week 1 – That’s a Wrap!

My Clean book is tattered, has food stains and wrinkled, bent pages; surely a good sign at the close of my first week on the cleanse. I must admit, I have spent more time at Whole Foods, in my kitchen, and doing research more than anything else this week, but am quite enjoying myself and learning a lot. The Clean website and online forum have proven invaluable, for recipes, tips and support. My transition from…

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You Are Unique

I think the people that inspire us most, are those that live in the moment and are able to bring our own dreams to the surface. I am inspired by my friend David today. He stopped by this morning, so we talked about life while I blended up my super clean green breakfast concoction. I’ve known David for about six years; he is one of my brother’s best friends from the Air Force Academy. David…

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World Oceans Day

When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise,  and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.  ~Rainer Maria Rilke

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