One of my favorite words is saudade. It’s Portuguese, and is one of those spectacular words that doesn’t really have a translatable equivalent because it’s so loaded. Roughly, it’s a longing for someone

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Know what’s fun? Flowing to dubstep. Not for every practice. Certainly not for teaching. I know it’s over. I KNOW. But once in a while, when you’re down for an

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How is it the end of January already? As usual, I’ve been craving something sweet and chocolatey. It must be the cold-as-crap weather we’ve been having today in Chicago. Yesterday

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That was terrible. Anyway, today I found a golden beet at the produce market!

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It’s eye-opening how much weight and importance we place into the labels for ourselves. I like labels; they make everything neat and tidy. But all too often, people, events, life,

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One day, I lost a bet to Tony and had to make him a batch of brownies. Still high on an alkaline/raw/plant-based food book binge, I thought: Yes, I will

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Know who’s pretty awesome? Seane Corn. I got to take her Chakra workshop this past weekend at Moksha, and I gotta say: Good. Stuff.

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I’m on a food book binge. I’ve slipped into my eating pants, hunkered down and proceeded to tear through a pile of food-related non-fiction. I finally finished Michael Pollan’s lip-smacking

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Please excuse my sporadic updating–changes are in the air! Aside from fiery leaves, cool breezes and finally being able to wear boots again (yeah!), I’ve been giving serious thought into

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I’ve been in a funk these past couple weeks. Worrying about a job and money and other miscellanea has made me miss a simpler time when I was traversing Spain

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