In the same vein as Chiapas Farms, Pura Vida specializes in superior fair trade coffees finely crafted from 100% Arabica beans handpicked in the mountains of one of the world’s premier coffee growing regions and then slow roasted in small patches.
Pura Vida has a variety of blends from light ones (Breakfast Blend for example), to [...]
16. July 2009
During an especially turbulent time in my past, while I was working 80-hour weeks and letting my life pass me by …
…a friend of mine sent me an email with these two words: Positive Pause.
I clicked on the link, and continue to do so, whenever I need, well as positive pause during my day.
The first [...]
14. July 2009
I’ve always been fascinated by sensory deprivation tanks. Ever since my days of reading material written by Carlos Castineda, finding peyote growing along a main downtown street in Albany, New York and hanging out with a guy who thought he could visit the libraries of Venus anytime he pleased (yes, the planet).
But that’s another story.
Do [...]
3. July 2009
My first trip beyond the Mississippi was a visit to Canyonlands National Park in Moab, Utah. I camped there with my boyfriend for two weeks .
I was taken by all things west: the vistas, the sense of distance, the deep blue sky, the dry air that cooled in the shade, even though it was 100 [...]
3. June 2009
In the morning, I can hear the violin.
The weather is nice now, and all the house windows are open. So, I can hear someone playing the violin. The music is coming from across the golf course in my back yard.
It lasts for a little while, maybe 20 minutes tops. Drifting up and down the sixteenth [...]
13. August 2009
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