For over a year and a half, I’ve worked at an organization in San Francisco called, St. Anthony’s. At first, I was a full time employee and now, part-time. A well-known entity in the City, St Anthony’s is most recognized… Read More ›
Food
The Cuisine Cards by Laurie Goodhart
With every wonderful, heart-wrenching, deeply researched, and inspiring post I read on F.A.R., I feel less inclined to share my own somewhat out-of-step contributions to this world. Nevertheless, I keep reminding myself that they are the things that I do,… Read More ›
The Pomegranate by Sara Wright
It is mid November and shiny crimson Pomegranates catch the discerning eye in food markets; even Walmart carries them! Why do these beautiful and very ancient fruits appear during this dark time of the year? One answer to this question… Read More ›
Musings On My Recent Road Trip by Esther Nelson
I love a road trip. It’s exciting to get behind the wheel of a car, get out on the highway (or bi-way), and just go. The road seems to stretch out forever in front of me, full of possibilities, adventure,… Read More ›
Feeling it in Bones & Water: Practicing Somatic Spirituality
There is a phrase I’ve heard here and there while living in Australia that I love for the sense that it evokes– “I can feel it in my water.” The usage is similar to the American phrase to “feel it… Read More ›
What I Learned (and Found) Dumpster Diving, Part II, by Grace Yia-Hei Kao
“I had known that dumpster diving is subversive….What I hadn’t considered previously is its arguable feminist and biblical precedents.” The following is a continuation of a two-part blog. Read part I for what prompted me to go dumpster diving,… Read More ›
What I Learned (and Found) Dumpster Diving, Part I, by Grace Yia-Hei Kao
“I get that consumers generally prefer to buy produce that looks a certain way, but can the routine act of trashing whole bags of clementines, apples, or tomatoes because of a few imperfections be justified in a world that is… Read More ›
On Cooking and Eating by Ivy Helman
In patriarchal heterosexist societies women do most if not all of the cooking for their families. Women are also usually assigned the tasks of cleaning, raising children, tending the family garden, gathering water and anything else that is considered part… Read More ›