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Editor’s note: This is the third in a multi-part series on Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. Click to read part 1 and part 2. By Louis Bourgious We discussed in past segments of this series the first two “Faces of Freedom,” these being Freedom from The Past and Freedom from the World. Now we are...
As a certified introvert living alone for the past 20 years I have read a lot of books, even more after moving to Cuenca seven years ago and buying a Kindle. It is so nice to see a title, want it, and within a minute or two, have it. I have quite often read a...
By Christine Stirparo The other day I was reading an interview with Mark Schatzker, the author of The Dorito Effect. Now full disclosure, I haven’t read his book or any reviews or even a synopsis of it so I can’t speak to what he talks about in the book. But I did find what he said in the...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a multi-part series on Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. By Louis Bourgeois The first “Face of Freedom” that we discussed in part 2 of this series is freedom from the past. We go a little deeper here in what could be called Freedom from the Present, or more...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on notable ingredients native to the Americas that today are influential and essential in cuisines around the world. By Michelle Bakeman I was born in Richmond, Virginia. My father is from Buffalo, New York, and my mother is from Viña del Mar, Chile. While I was...
What is or are chia anyway? And are they as healthy as all that? Chia is an ancient crop, native to the tropical and sub-tropical valleys of Central and South America, namely in the countries of Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador and Guatemala. According to AncientGrains.com, the Aztecs are the first recorded culture to utilize the...
Editor’s note: This is the first of a multi-part series on Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. By Louis Bourgeois When I was a student in psychology at the University of Connecticut in 1973 I did a study as a part of a class. This study involved interviewing residents of a nearby nursing home. I was deeply troubled...
Editor’s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. By Cathy Leman Positive action elicits positive change. While we’ll never completely rid our environment of toxins and other substances with cancer-causing potential, if we all do our small part to reduce breast cancer risk, collectively...
By Julie Dillon The “should-eat” fantasy compliance How many diets have you been on? When was the first one? Most women (and many men) have been dieting in some shape or form … or coming off a diet…or preparing to go back on a diet … for as long as they can remember. Can you...
By Susan Burke March The experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, founded in 1884 in New York City, are revolutionaries in cancer care. Rather than a “one-size-fits-all” treatment plan, they are a forward-looking bunch. Since 1999, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Integrative Medicine Service has provided complementary therapies that improve quality of life for patients by helping...
By Susan Burke March Plenty of evidence supports a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids. As reported by the Harvard Health Letter, there are two key omega-3 fats, DHA and ALA. These fats are an integral part of cell membranes and cell functionality and are necessary for hormones, blood clotting, arterial health, to regulate inflammation...
By Digna Cassens September is National Honey Month, and pollination is vital to your diet. Bees pollinate more than 100 agricultural crops in the United States. Without bees to pollinate many of our favorite fruits and vegetables, the United States could lose $15 billion worth of crops – not to mention what it would do to...
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Week of April 28
General Motors Auto Parts Manufacturer Laments: “Today Marks a Dark Day for the National Industry”.
Minister Requests Resignations in Termogás Machala, Dubbed ‘Epicenter of Energy Inefficiency’.
Chevrolet to Cease Car Assembly in Ecuador by August, Production to Halt in Colombia.