Each year, the De Anza College Automotive Technology Club (of which I am a member), collects and donates over 5,000 cans of food to the Cupertino Community Services Food Bank.  In fact, the De Anza Auto Tech club is the primary support for the Cupertino Community Services Food Bank. Every dollar you donate will be [...]

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The Stuff We Own

September 7, 2011 Sustainable Living

It seems silly to write that I love my stuff – but I do. I don’t have much stuff anymore (it’s taken years of dedicated culling to get to this point), but the stuff I have is useful and brings me joy or makes my life easier.  There was a time however, when I was [...]

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Home as Temple

August 9, 2011 Sustainable Living

We’ve all heard the old saying, “Your body is your temple.” As a Pagan, my home is also my temple, as it has been for countless other Pagans through the ages. In ancient Rome, the home was the primary place of worship. There were temples – both state run, like the temple of Vesta and [...]

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An Invasion of Ideas

August 5, 2011 Miscellany

“One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.” – Victor Hugo Sometimes, I bite off more than I can mentally chew, resulting in large chunks of reflection required to adequately digest new information.  Admittedly, I’ve been under the siege of ideas recently.  When I consider the foundation [...]

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My First Coaching Session

August 4, 2011 Miscellany

Tina Robbins of Open Roads Coaching recently offered a free 20-minute coaching session to the first 20 respondents.  I was lucky enough to be one of the few to contact her first. I had learned about Tina’s promotion through Thorn Coyle on Twitter. I had never before experienced personal coaching, and realizing I had some [...]

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