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Eau de Vie 8 Jun 2013 | 04:03 am

Wow, September 2011 was my last post. In the time since then, I’ve tried out some project ideas and worked with a few companies. This is my longest hiatus since we started this blog in 2006. I always ...

GrapeThinking 14 Sep 2011 | 06:40 am

This video is a compilation of my harvests in the agroturismos of Italy, the desert of Argentina, and the sunshine of northern California. The music is one of my favorite songs of all time, it’s calle...

Thinking about Thinking 10 Mar 2011 | 11:43 am

Thinking is a such an interesting ability that we have. I’ve been thinking about thinking a lot. The placebo effect, in particular, is a fascinating phenomenon… if the mind believes it is taking a me...

الإكسير 31 Dec 2010 | 11:38 pm

الإكسير in Arabic means al-ikseer, which is the source of the word elixir. The essence being the elixir of life… something alchemists have been seeking since the dawn of civilization. There may not be...

Fusing Mind with Vine 30 Nov 2010 | 07:49 pm

Psychotherapists and holistic healers galore out here in the bay area… lovin it. We’ve learned so much about the body and the yogic practices of release and meditation, and yet the mind is the healer ...

Nature to the Grid: Urban Farming 5 Nov 2010 | 07:39 am

This is a follow up on the Nature to the Grid theme I wrote a few posts for last year (see below for links). This one was sparked when I met with a friend of mine, Daron Joffe aka FarmerD, the other d...

California Dreaming 27 Oct 2010 | 01:34 pm

I’ve been in California for about 3 weeks now, and it’s been a vortex of amazing people, inspiring farms, and tasty elixirs. Right off the plane in San Francisco, I met a girl crazy passionate about s...

evolutionary force of mental shifts 28 Sep 2010 | 03:42 pm

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on this lately since my uncle passed away last month. He was in and out of state hospitals for a large part of his life, being diagnosed with epilepsy since a young a...

Planting some roots 25 Sep 2010 | 08:26 am

I’m moving to the Bay area in a week to plant some roots. After traveling so much, experimenting and experiencing so many environments over the years, the time is now to plug in to an area and begin t...