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Sustaina-foodie stories

Quite a bit of the journalism I practice these days plies the intersections among local, whole, and sustainable food, and I've added a menu to the right side of this page to highlight that.

Oh, and I wrote this post to highlight it, too.

She's the world's healthiest person

I don't often post someone else's post just because I like the writing, but that's what I'm doing here.

Lindy West, writing on Jezebel, gathered together a lot of diet-guru advice to become the healthiest person on earth. And her telling of how she did it is fun to read, even if you're not drawn to the subject matter.

'Least, that's what I think.

"I pay daily attention to developing my inner self"

Welcome to another episode of “10 Words or Less,” in which I ask short questions of interesting people and request short answers in return. Today’s participant is a therapist who is the author of nine books, one of which (“Boundaries”) is approaching a quarter million in sales. Remember, please: No counting. Read more »

Writers, don't do this!

I've been nursing a resentment for a while against Jim Braude and all the people connected with his show on 96.9 WTKK-FM, and yesterday, as most resentments will, it bit me in the ass. Read more »

"Fat People"

One reason skeptics scoff at the notion of food addiction is that they eat, and so they think they know. And they do know their own experience, but they don't know mine or others' like mine. It's one reason I write on these topics.

Well, I've just completed a collection of short stories by someone who does understand, and whose wider distribution will achieve the goals I'm pursuing — to help people get it. Read more »

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