Archive for September, 2009
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Horror Story In The Garden
The horror story comes later in this post, first I am doing the lead in.
We used to grow some native tobacco species for their fragrance. They are tall gangly plant you put behind other plantings but at night they would open up the floodgates of this really heady fragrance.
They have naturalized in our garden beds […]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Tulasi Gets His First Front Page Above The Fold
Vidya got invited to a show she hadn’t done before at Jackson Mills State Park near Weston, West Virginia over the Labor Day weekend called the Jackson Jubilee. She did pretty well there saleswise so that was good but she also caught the eye of the local media.
I didn’t go but Tulasi did and wore […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Walk for Farm Animals October 3rd 2009
FYI, Bangor Pennsylvania is just off 1-80 two hours from the George Washington Bridge in New York City. Which means well within the range of a day trip for New York Cityers and New Jerseyians.
It is a good chance to meet Sankar Sastri who protects cows there and loves to have visitors come see them.
Dear […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Guided Children’s Activities At Vaisnavi Retreat
Dear Mothers, Grand-Mothers and Care Takers:
Vaishnavi Retreat is pleased to announce there will be Guided Children’s Activities concurrent with all sessions on Saturday and Sunday. The children must be minimally self sufficient (no babies) and able to follow instructions.
These sessions will be facilitated by Kirti devi dasi and Cakori Radha devi […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Global warming vs Dharma cooling
Global warming vs dharma cooling It’s getting hotter outside. Inside, we need to chill out, one monk says Writer: CHOMPOO TRAKULLERTSATHIEN From The Bangkok Post The natural environment around us has plunged into a catastrophic state. But have we ever…
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
The Idea Of Your Ideas
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Butchers Assault PAWS Volunteers As Policemen Stand By And Watch
From Mumbai Mirror.com
Two female animal rights activists have alleged that they were assaulted by butchers while trying to rescue a few calves – even as police stood by and watched.
Manasi Bhanage of the Plant and Animals Welfare Society (PAWS) said on Tuesday evening one of the volunteers spotted a few calves outside the municipal slaughter […]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
A Farm On Every Floor
Srila Prabhupada always strongly preached that the problem of overpopulation was a misconception-really it is about a misallocation of resources, and a lack of innovation and imagination.”Simple Living, High Thinking” is the backbone of making sure all…
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Industrial Farming Is Giving Us Less Nutritious Food
When I was growing up in North Dakota I started driving trucks in grain harvest when I was 14. It was a special farm kids exemption license. I wasn’t allowed to drive a car but I could drive a loaded truck into town to the grain elevator. When I was finally allowed to drive a […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
A Farmer Through And Through
by Navina-Shyama das
Age of Garden: 15 years
Size of Garden: 60 feet by 35 feet
Food-bearing Crops: Beets, Bell peppers, Broccoli, Butternut Squash, Cabbage, Carrots, Chives, Corn, Green beans, Lettuce, Okra, Onions, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Apples
If you’ve ever been out to New Vrindavana’s own industrial complex, with its ghee factory, cookie plant and large goshala, you […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
“My Father and the Figtree” By Naomi Shihab Nye
For other fruits, my father was indifferent.
He’d point at the cherry trees and say,
“See those? I wish they were figs.”
In the evening he sat by my beds
weaving folktales like vivid little scarves.
They always involved a figtree.
Even when it didn’t fit, he’d stick it in.
Once Joha was walking down the road
and he saw a fig tree.
Or, […]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Breakfast
“Among residences I am Mount Sumeru, and of impervious places I am the Himalayas. Among trees I am the holy fig tree, and among plants I am those that bear grains.”
SB 11.16.21
Breakfast was some yoghurt with freshly ground flaxseed and…
Fresh figs are one of the opulences in my life. This year I might even get […]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Food For The Soul
by Nicklas D. Kristof from the 8-22-09 edition of the New York Times”One of my childhood memories is of placing a chicken egg in a goose nest when I was about 10 (my young scientist phase). That mother goose was thrilled when her eggs hatched, and mate…
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
I Was Most Impressed With A Painting In The Palace
by Bhaktin Rita
Last weekend I met a nice couple from Columbus, Ohio. They had just visited Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold. They were completely awed by the artwork and craftsmanship, and by the rose garden and lotus pond. The Palace tour guide recommended that they visit the temple.
I pointed to the stained glass […]
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Puerto Rico Soccer Champions..!!!
Devala das playing for Bayamon F.C. won the Puerto Rico Soccer League championship vs Atletico San Juan in a hard fought game played in San Juan. Devala began his professional career signing with Bayamon in May of this year.
Bayamon won 1-0 giving Devala another of his many shutouts.
In the tradition of the Brazilian soccer greats […]