I harvested these beautiful tomatoes this morning from my garden and they inspired me to write this poem. Since tomatoes originated in the Andes, I decided to write the poem in Spanish first and translate it into English afterwards. Wow little did I realize how difficult it is to translate poetry from Spanish to English!…
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Spicy Harvest Noodles
One of the joys of summers is harvesting fresh veggies from the garden. I recently harvested carrots, peppers, tomatoes, summer squash and eggplants from the garden. See the photos and the Spicy Harvest Noodle recipe I concocted. You can be creative and use the vegetables you have, instead of using the ones below. If you…
Alice Walker >> Degadgetize
Alice Walker spoke to a full house at Busboys & Poets with a crowd standing outside listening to her as she read from her new book Overcoming Speechlessness. She said that we need to “degadgetize.”
Bag It!
I saw this film at the D.C. Environmental Film Festival. It’s still under production. Can’t wait to see the final version! [vimeo http://vimeo.com/5645718]
Peek Into the World of Capoeira
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Botany of Desire >> Plants Shaping Us
Botany of Desire is a very interesting book by Michael Pollan that delves into how plants use human beings to shape their destiny, and the danger that lies in monoculture–growing a lot of the same plant, instead of growing different varieties–in order to satisfy our desires. For example farmers growing only russet potatoes to sell…
Skip the Candy, Gum >> Enjoy the Real Thing
Gummy bears, nerds, jolly ranchers, double mint gum…only a few candies that some of us enjoyed as kids and some of us still enjoy! Well, time to change how both kids and adults think about candies…These candies have artificial colors, flavors and plenty sugar to cause cavities! Mother Nature has given us so many treats…
Mixtapes: Afrobeat Rhythms from DJ Underdog
Missin dancin to da Afrobeat rhythms from DJ Underdog…Download his mixtapes and dance away!
September Afrobeat for Ya Soul event
DJ Underdog at the October Afrobeat for Ya Soul event