NEW JUNE 1  - JUNE 8, 2001

High-Protein Diets: Are You Losing More Than Weight?
by Monique N. Gilbert

Protein is a vital nutrient, essential to your health. In its purest form, protein consists of chains of amino acids. There are 22 amino acids that combine to form different proteins, and 8 of these must come from the foods we eat. Our body uses these amino acids to create muscles, blood, skin, hair, nails and internal organs. Proteins help replace and form new tissue, transports oxygen and nutrients in our blood and cells, regulates the balance of water and acids, and is needed to make antibodies. However, too much of a good thing may not be so good for you. Many people are putting their health at risk by eating to much protein. Excessive protein consumption, particularly animal protein, can result in heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, and kidney stones. As important as protein is for our body, there are many misconceptions about how much we really need in our diet, and the best way to obtain it.
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The Toby Years  
by Jan Strnad

Surely one of the most sublime dances of our species is the one we dance with our pets.

We seek them out and bring them into our lives and our homes. We cater to them, we train them to entertain us, we meet their needs for food and shelter, we provide medical care and love and adoration.

In return, they exist. They do what they do. Fish swim. Cats lie in sunbeams. Dogs scrounge.

My intellectual side tells me that whatever pets give us, they give as a matter of course, out of habit and instinct, oblivious to the significance we assign to their behavior.
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Cosmic Patterns: Neptune & Pluto
by Celeste Longacre

Astrology is the very ancient art of looking toward the heavens for guidance about mundane events. It is a guidepost for us mere mortals to chart a course in alignment with cosmic principles: "as above, so below." The celestial dance of the planets through the backdrop of the constellations identifies for us the greater currents of awareness in which we are participating. Astrology sings us its song.
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Sometimes The Landscaper Is Really An Angel
by Mary M. Wellman, Ph.D.

An extraordinary thing has happened a couple weeks ago , during the Will to Harmonize week. This is the Divine Will that brings beauty, color, flowers into our lives. We have new landscapers, and the crew was here for three days seeding, transplanting, and putting in a new perennial bed. I have never looked forward to people being on the property. I love my solitude and peace and quiet. So I resigned myself to this apparent intrusion.
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NEW MAY 25  - JUNE 1

~ Hasidic Saying

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."