I’m dropping the phrase “master bedroom” and using instead “main bedroom.” Being a pro-feminist and being from Alabama, I’ve always felt funny using the term “master.” Nobody had to explain to me that it was racist and sexist. What used... Read More

If you’re bored in your own home, something’s wrong—something about your space needs fixing. Maybe (could it be?) you need more books that you haven’t read (but are itching to read) in the rooms of your home. I just solved... Read More

There’s nothing that can substitute for natural light and fresh air. Our breath is a constant expression of yin (out-breath) and yang (in-breath). Wear a mask when you need to, and when you don’t need to wear a mask, breathe... Read More

Yin and yang don’t exist separately. They only exist in continuum—as part of a larger context—always as part of a larger concept. In the context of trees in general, a living tree is a yang thing and a dead tree... Read More

I got this email recently, and I’ve had time to reply, so I thought I’d share the information beyond the person who asked. “I’ve been using your books and blog posts to work on my home, especially the outside garden... Read More

A couple of weeks ago I went to Ace Hardware to buy six metal shelf brackets. Once I got home, I realized that we already had three brackets that would do fine, so a few days ago I went back... Read More

Laughing is yang and crying is yin. There’s some of each in a person’s life. During a hunker-down time, we need some real good laughs. Hence my next paragraph, which comes from a wonderful book I’m reading. I’m only 77... Read More

I like simplicity. The kind of food fermentation that I do is the very simplest kind that I know of. I make rejuvelac, using whole rye (called rye berries) and water—that’s it—nature does the rest in 48 hours. I then... Read More

Some things don’t easily fit themselves into yin/yang categorization. Being a Libra/Rabbit and gay, I have no problem with that. The Universe is a complicated place and anything involving yin and yang is relative. Fermentation is yin and yang at... Read More

When the virus first got in the news, I heard the phrase “two years” and (being me) I knew to latch onto that—so that I wouldn’t have a bunch of false hopes and disappointments. It’s my nature to immediately go,... Read More