The V-Word

“Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint.” -Pablo Picasso

I am repainting the house this summer and today was the day to choose the colors. I have been thinking of changing its color of since the day I bought it five years ago. Although I have never known the right color for the house, I have worked to live with...

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” -John Milton

Long ago, when I first imagined selling love products I called them Sacred Moments. The first labels had a picture of a lit candle surrounded by ancient quotes on the power of physical love to heal the world....

Most things in life are developmental. Human lifespan has programmed continuous growth and maturation into our genetic code, which acts as an imperative that makes skill building one of the richest aspects of daily living. Nowhere is this truer than in our foundational relationship to our sexuality.

“There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant...

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Today should not have required so much effort to stay positive about the changes in life. The interesting thing is how something that you really wanted presents limitations that you didn’t include in the vision of having your desired outcome. Change feels harder than you think even when you...

“I am letting go of my idea of time. I see that eternal life is not a question of “I will be forever,” but of “Now I am.” Eternity is time dying in me.” -Jean Lanier

Tomorrow is the second anniversary of the death of a dear friend. It is hard to believe that so much time could have gone by, and in some crazy way, we still keep expecting him to come home, as though he has been gone on a long...

Listen as Frank Lampe, one of the founders of the LOHAS movement (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) walks us through the early development and corporatization of the natural product industry and alternative health care. Frank has been a leader in the publishing side of the business for over a decade and has witnessed the movement towards natural health and healing in media and retail...

“Less is more.” –Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I have never been a minimalist. I have never shied away from a project or a job because I was afraid it was too big. I have four kids of my own and our house is often full of their friends. It isn’t unusual to make meals for ten or more. Even after all these years I always believe I have time to do one more thing, room for one more activity, space to...

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” ~John Lennon

I think I need a vacation. Lately I can barely get myself to work; I would rather exercise, be lost in a novel, lie in the grass feeling the warm sun and light breeze. Once I get in the door, the resistance sits at the door, waiting for a good reason to do something else. Onthese summer days, when the office is too hot to think, there are...

“There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs.” ~Henry Ward Beecher

I don’t know if there is a more satisfying journey than drifting away on a good story. It is rare find for me to tumble so deeply into a fictional landscape that is so engaging and the characters’...