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

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

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

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