My journey of growth and discovery these last five years or so were due to a great many books that I read and found to be immediately pertinent to my life. One of the most pivotal was, "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine Aron. I have recommended this book over and over to people I meet who seem to be in the same state of confusion that I was, or who have the same sensitivities that make it sometimes hard to 'fit in' with the way the world works.
Elaine Aron has a website and a newsletter. The current newsletter has three articles that are well worth reading.
Latest Research:
What HSPs See: Our Brain Is Not
as Easily Confused by Culture and Context
What HSPs Can Give and Get from Animals and Babies
Book Review: Unto Others: The Evolution and
Psychology of Unselfish Behavior
by Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson, Harvard University Press, 1998
I am adding a link to The Unlimited Love Institute to go along with this last book and article. Stephen G. Post, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, is doing research and writing on the same topic. He will soon be releasing his new book, "Why it's Good to be Good". There are other books at the Institute link with similiar topics.
To order a signed copy of The Highly Sensitive Person through the author's website, click here.
To order from Amazon through White Light of Peace, click on the image below.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Eric Bibb - Blues with a Sunny Disposition
I saw Eric Bibb in concert at Happy Days Visitor Center in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Friday (02-16-07). I was overwhelmed with peace and joy as I listened to his music and heard his message, "We are all Connected".
Here are links from Amazon to purchase music by this gifted artist. Most have clips for previewing cuts from the albums. (Sidenote: An album is a collection of things. The term dates me as it is now used with reference to music. Let's bring it back to mean a collection of things ... stamps, photos, MUSIC!)
1 2 3 4
Click on the album titles to hear samples of all the songs.
1) Diamond Days, 2007
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: His honeyed voice and clean acoustic guitar wrap around songs like a flannel blanket. Bibb's music is filled with hope and uplifting sentiments without being spiritually pedantic. "Forgiveness Is Gold" and "So Glad" tell their stories in the titles alone. Even the lowly shoeshine man can approach his job and life with exuberance ("Dr. Shine") as he helps others improve their lives in his own small way.
2) A Ship Called Love, 2005
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: Steeped in various shades of blues, folk, gospel and reggae, A Ship Called Love is a reflective 14-song set that reaches out across boundaries with simple yet straightforward messages of love, unity and peace.
3) Friends, 2004.
On the sample page at Amazon for this album is a clip of "Connected", but there is not enough of the song to tell that the message is: "We are all Connected" ... Eric played this at the Happy Days Visitor Center, and it really spoke to me of peace.
4) Sisters & Brothers, 2004.
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: That the trio recorded this stunning, spiritual-minded collaboration in the town of Unity, Maine, is one of life's fortuitous coincidences. Although their voices are dissimilar, Maria Muldaur, Eric Bibb, and Rory Block share roots in folk, gospel, and blues. Brought together, along with a three-piece backing band, in a barn-turned-recording-studio by producer Randy Labbe, the trio cooks up a feisty musical feast that sounds so comfortable and joyous, it seems they were lost soulmates finally joined in song.
5 6 7 8
Click on the album titles to hear samples of all the songs.
5) Natural Light, 2003.
He told us that his music was inspired from many areas of his life, including things his mother said to him. This album contains the song, "Champagne Habits", a reprimand from his mom.
6) Painting Signs, 2001.
Contains a band-backed version of Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down, the hand-clapping rockin' gospel blues number ending to the first set at Happy Days Visitor Center.
7) Home to Me, 2000.
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: The fourth album from modern bluesman Eric Bibb is a get-out-of-bed delight, the kind of record that makes you feel like being productive. As with his previous efforts, Home to Me contains some strong folk elements, especially on the slower, mellower numbers such as "Singin' in My Heart." The son of folk musician Leon Bibb, the Eric Bibb met and learned from such luminaries as Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger.
8) Spirit & the Blues, 1999.
Here are links from Amazon to purchase music by this gifted artist. Most have clips for previewing cuts from the albums. (Sidenote: An album is a collection of things. The term dates me as it is now used with reference to music. Let's bring it back to mean a collection of things ... stamps, photos, MUSIC!)
1 2 3 4
Click on the album titles to hear samples of all the songs.
1) Diamond Days, 2007
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: His honeyed voice and clean acoustic guitar wrap around songs like a flannel blanket. Bibb's music is filled with hope and uplifting sentiments without being spiritually pedantic. "Forgiveness Is Gold" and "So Glad" tell their stories in the titles alone. Even the lowly shoeshine man can approach his job and life with exuberance ("Dr. Shine") as he helps others improve their lives in his own small way.
2) A Ship Called Love, 2005
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: Steeped in various shades of blues, folk, gospel and reggae, A Ship Called Love is a reflective 14-song set that reaches out across boundaries with simple yet straightforward messages of love, unity and peace.
3) Friends, 2004.
On the sample page at Amazon for this album is a clip of "Connected", but there is not enough of the song to tell that the message is: "We are all Connected" ... Eric played this at the Happy Days Visitor Center, and it really spoke to me of peace.
4) Sisters & Brothers, 2004.
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: That the trio recorded this stunning, spiritual-minded collaboration in the town of Unity, Maine, is one of life's fortuitous coincidences. Although their voices are dissimilar, Maria Muldaur, Eric Bibb, and Rory Block share roots in folk, gospel, and blues. Brought together, along with a three-piece backing band, in a barn-turned-recording-studio by producer Randy Labbe, the trio cooks up a feisty musical feast that sounds so comfortable and joyous, it seems they were lost soulmates finally joined in song.
5 6 7 8
Click on the album titles to hear samples of all the songs.
5) Natural Light, 2003.
He told us that his music was inspired from many areas of his life, including things his mother said to him. This album contains the song, "Champagne Habits", a reprimand from his mom.
6) Painting Signs, 2001.
Contains a band-backed version of Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down, the hand-clapping rockin' gospel blues number ending to the first set at Happy Days Visitor Center.
7) Home to Me, 2000.
Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com: The fourth album from modern bluesman Eric Bibb is a get-out-of-bed delight, the kind of record that makes you feel like being productive. As with his previous efforts, Home to Me contains some strong folk elements, especially on the slower, mellower numbers such as "Singin' in My Heart." The son of folk musician Leon Bibb, the Eric Bibb met and learned from such luminaries as Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger.
8) Spirit & the Blues, 1999.
Eat Whole, Natural foods for a Trim, Healthy Body
Clean up your plate
'Eat clean' advocates say dump the junk for health food
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Evelyn Theiss
Plain Dealer Reporter
Excerpts from the title link article are in bold italic:
... 80 percent of what you look like has to do with what you eat. (The other 20 percent is divided evenly between genetics and your workout routine.)
That's right: 80 percent of it is about the food. So if you work out like a fiend, and you don't understand why you're still overweight and flabby, it's time to look at what you're putting in your mouth -- specifically, whether you are "eating clean."
Chances are, you're not. Most Americans, in this land of processed, refined, prepared and takeout food are right there with you. They're eating food that's so processed and broken down, with so much sugar added, it can't fill them up or satisfy their nutritional needs. Yet such a diet gives them too many calories, as well as unhealthy cravings for more of the same.
There are many tips in the article for "eating clean", along with discussions about the three books at the top of the list below.
(Purchasing books through the following links will help support this blog.)
Other books of interest for healthy food choices (from my own cookbook library):
I began collecting cookbooks from the Moosewood Restaurant in 1977. I am originally from Northern New York, and have eaten at the restaurant. Yummy!
More cookbooks from Moosewood. (I do not own these, but imagine the recipes are just as tasty as in the ones on my shelf.)
A healthy diet creates peace within the body.
'Eat clean' advocates say dump the junk for health food
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Evelyn Theiss
Plain Dealer Reporter
Excerpts from the title link article are in bold italic:
... 80 percent of what you look like has to do with what you eat. (The other 20 percent is divided evenly between genetics and your workout routine.)
That's right: 80 percent of it is about the food. So if you work out like a fiend, and you don't understand why you're still overweight and flabby, it's time to look at what you're putting in your mouth -- specifically, whether you are "eating clean."
Chances are, you're not. Most Americans, in this land of processed, refined, prepared and takeout food are right there with you. They're eating food that's so processed and broken down, with so much sugar added, it can't fill them up or satisfy their nutritional needs. Yet such a diet gives them too many calories, as well as unhealthy cravings for more of the same.
There are many tips in the article for "eating clean", along with discussions about the three books at the top of the list below.
(Purchasing books through the following links will help support this blog.)
Other books of interest for healthy food choices (from my own cookbook library):
I began collecting cookbooks from the Moosewood Restaurant in 1977. I am originally from Northern New York, and have eaten at the restaurant. Yummy!
More cookbooks from Moosewood. (I do not own these, but imagine the recipes are just as tasty as in the ones on my shelf.)
A healthy diet creates peace within the body.
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