Thought Distillery

Ok – I admit it: I am a procrastinator. Commitments to others are almost always finished at the last minute. Worse yet, commitments to my self are sometimes started and then shelved indefinitely. Some of you may know what I’m talking about – those piles of unfinished projects, half-baked ideas, and unrealized goals speak volumes. [...]

Yummmm! I actually stumbled upon a stock of young coconuts at the eastside Marsh supermarket here in Bloomington. This super tasty rarity has only showed itself once to me in the last 6 years living in this town. Well, I’m definately taking advantage of it because its hard to say how long they’ll last. I [...]

It sounds unpleasantly strange doesn’t it? Well, the first time I heard of eating stinging nettles raw was from David Wolfe during one of his inspiring raw food lectures. I searched all over for others’ experience and found nothing. So with an open mind and a high tolerance for potential gastronomical pain, I set out [...]

Last week I paid a long overdue visit to the optometrist – long overdue as in nearly 9 years since my last exam. The kind interns at the IU Eye Care Center made up all those years, however. For over three hours I was subject to the whims of the white jackets as they ran [...]