vol. 12, num. 7 :: 2013.03.29 — 2013.04.11
Wendell Berry talks about how the cost of soil erosion is not deducted from the profit on a packaged beefsteak, just as the loss of forest, topsoil and human homes on a Kentucky mountainside does not reduce the profit on a ton of coal. At a time when the definitions of health and wealth seem to be miscalculated, how do we reclaim life-giving measurements of healthy and wealthy lives?
Grappling with the meaning of pain and the suffering body.
Happiness is the best tool for fostering a healthy community.
Integrating exercise into building a closer and more vibrant community.
A call to equip people with the tools to live a healthy and active lifestyle.
Can a concert be more healing than a visit to the doctor?
A window into the mental lanscape of the emotionally unwell.
Wendell Potter, the former head of corporate communications at Cigna insurance, talks about the perils of mixing medicine with money.
Studies show that while money can’t buy happiness, spending money on building relationships and giving to charity can have a big impact on our happiness and wellbeing.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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