Thanks to the Weston Price Foundation website, an organization devoted to “Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts,” you can read this 6-year-old and yet not “dated” article about an exploratory visit to Switzerland’s Loetschental to make contact with ancient, indigenous dietary traditions. A Visit to Switzerland’s Loetschental in the Footsteps of Weston [...]
Margaret Stefanson is the proud owner of The Southside Doll Workshop, where ancient dolls are repaired, and new and amazing ones come into being. To contact her or to be on her e-mail list for shows, you may e-mail her at southsidedollworkshop@yahoo.com or call 205-933-6366. Dolls are always fun: boudouir dolls languishing on the bed [...]
The Mobile Bay Keepers has called for volunteers to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. To support this effort, call 251-431-6409 or e-mail: mbnep@mobilebaynep.com or sshields@mobilebaynep.com. To report oiled wildlife, you may call 1-866-557-1401 and leave a message. Meanwhile, a new website has been developed to provide up-to-date information about [...]
Camp McDowell and the “New” Living Rivers School on the Cahaba is offering a June Weekend Workshop for Teachers of Environmental Education and their families. McDowell’s Environmental Center 2010 Growing Roots: Connecting Educators and their Children to Nature Have you ever longed for an opportunity to slow down and connect with Nature? Even more importantly, [...]
Science News: Nasa Science April 27, 2010 SDO Observes Massive Eruption, Scorching Rain April 27, 2010: Just last week, scientists working with NASA’s new Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) released the most astonishing movies of the sun anyone had ever seen. Now, they’re doing it again. “SDO has just observed a massive eruption on the sun—one [...]
Rice Gallery 20 May 2010 Roundtable: No Limits 7:00 pm Sewall Hall 309, Rice University Art professionals will discuss how their experiences with limitations inspired creativity. Refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public. Participants: Clint Willour, Curator, Galveston Arts Center Darra Keeton, Associate Professor, Visual and Dramatic Arts, Rice University Andrea Dezsö, [...]
Latinos, Blacks Join Fight for Civil Rights in Arizona New America Media, News Report, By Valeria Fernández Apr 26, 2010 PHOENIX, Ariz. — A united front of black and Latino Arizonans mobilized against a state law that they see as a threat to their civil rights on Sunday at the First Institutional Baptist Church in [...]
Frank Ledbetter’s Metal Art was on display at the Magic City Arts Connection, April 25, 2010. According to Frank Ledbetter’s website, his Dad had a metal workshop in his back yard, so he grew up around steel fabrication and welding, eventually running his own metal working business and developing these fascinating creations as well. For [...]
Hypnobabies was born out of the thought that birth can be a reasonably comfortable experience for the mother and the baby, not to speak of the people around them. Click here to visit Hypnobabies.
Dr. Lena Leino, a mother and acupressure practitioner, has written a book called Easier, Shorter and Safer Birth. She recommends acupressure for natural ways to induce labor. Read more below. April 26, 2010 From: Dr. Lena Leino Dear Friend, Maternity Acupressure can help you if you have passed the estimated delivery date and are looking [...]
This spring and summer the Birmingham Botanical Gardens is teaching Adult and Family Classes. Among other things, Barbara Saurer is teaching a class May 22 from 10 a.m. to Noon on how to raise and keep chickens in urban and suburban environments: Learn about the benefits of chickens, hen selection, city ordinances and more. See [...]
Jesse Frazier’s accessories for men — including leather belts, bolos, bracelets — are hand-made using cold-forged copper and silver, and they can be custom made. Contact him at 205-999-2431 for further information or to make arrangements. See below for examples!