Category Archives: Health and well being

Random garden joy 11: let’s eat!

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

First ear of corn. Yum! This is dwarf sugar corn from Amish seeds. Here’s a short list of yums made from garden bounty. Saag: Indian Saag can be made with almost any leaf green. It freezes well also. Tiki Masala … Continue reading →

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Food thoughtfulness in our collective now

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Do you sometimes feel like everything is swirling? Climate disruption has most likely come to where you live, and is not an abstract reality being lived somewhere else on Earth. The psychic currents of humanity are dizzying. War, betrayal, abnegation … Continue reading →

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Meditation: m, e, m, a 4: breathe

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Friends, please use wisdom and compassion regarding the repetition of disturbing news and scowling faces that you take in hourly and daily. Please, focus on the good in you that can be lived from each moment. Focus on the good … Continue reading →

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You can too!

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Just a few things that most of us can do to: reduce plastic use and purchasing of plastic use less energy use old technology eat more healthy food give back to local farmers give back to Mother Earth and use … Continue reading →

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What is mind?

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

A few of us will be doing a short meditation retreat on the nature of mind. A statement from Je Tsong Khapa came to my mind with a smile: “the nature of mind so difficult to penetrate,” and was followed … Continue reading →

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