Corrupted purity: Chinese poetic mastery meets contemporary reality
My short poem about corrupted purity was inspired by some of the eternal truths shared in the poems of perhaps the greatest Chinese poet Du Fu. Also known in the […]
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Tea That Is NOT Tea: infused botanicals for health, vitality and taste
The ongoing global pandemic opened our eyes to the importance of boosting our immunity. Yet the remedies include a wealth of sketchy promises that fog our well-intentioned minds. With a […]
Tisanes around the world
I assembled a shortlist of my favorite herbal infusions by continent and in some by country of popularity. Most disseminated around as trade shipped these local traditions over the vast […]
Hiking the Como Lake hillsides
Nowhere can we socially distance more effectively and enjoyably than when hiking in nature, ideally on the less-trod trails. Como Lake hiking surprisingly offers plenty of authentic escapism from its […]
The eternal wisdom of Lao Tzu condensed into poetry
It is a daring act of self-inflicted ridicule to condense the eternal wisdom of Lao Tzu into a poem of my own. In Tao Te Ching he potentially mocks my work […]
Lanserhof: Psychological effects and struggles when water fasting
The Psychological effects of fasting are positive and negative. It is a battle of the inner elements. Firing up anger and lion’s roars, watered by foggy brain, thrown off guard […]
Rejuvenate at Miami South Beach through organic food, spa, yoga and the ocean
If Las Vegas had a beach it would probably look like South Beach. This long strip of pure sand washed by a pristine Caribbean-blue ocean is to Miami what Leblon […]
Jerusalem: Religion ‘MADE TO LAST’
I’m not alone to be mystified by Jerusalem. The ancient city on a rocky hill under a siege of a dusty desert hardly wows with classical beauty though. It is […]
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Feeling, emotions and communication are not just human and some higher animal distinctions, trees do have something like a nervous system and so they react and talk. In The Hidden […]
The Relativity of Time in and beyond our mind
The Relativity of Time has been pondered over by philosophers, poets, sages, scientists as well as casual thinkers like myself. Observing nature and its patterns set the ground for counting […]