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    Garden Gatherings
    Cynthia Brian
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Garden Gatherings

    https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1514/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Garden-gatherings.html “We need to teach people that the environment has a direct bearing on our own benefit.” Dalai Lama It’s official. The Pfizer vaccine has received full and final approval by the FDA with the Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines soon to follow. The CDC stated that if we want to spend time with people who don’t live with us, outdoor activities are the saf
    Plant Pivots
    Cynthia Brian
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Plant Pivots

    Planet Pivots By Cynthia Brian “I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower as if it were to be the last one for me.” Andre Gide Summertime and the living is easy! Or is it? This year will be a year like no other highlighted by the frightening health pandemic and sorrowful civil unrest. As the economy slowly re-opens, people are clamoring to shop, dine, socialize, get haircuts, and have their teeth cleaned. The line of masked individuals waiting outside reopened store
    Victory Garden 3.0
    Cynthia Brian
    • Jun 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    Victory Garden 3.0

    Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian Victory Gardens 3.0 By Cynthia Brian "In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time." Robert Collier, Writer and Publisher In March 2017, a month before the United States entered World War I, Americans across our lands were asked to plant produce to help feed the Allies fighting in Europe. It wasn’t only farmers who were solicited to
    Adventure and Experiences
    Cynthia Brian
    • Jun 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    Adventure and Experiences

    What does adventure mean to you? Veteran radio host and BTSYA volunteer, Rachel Glass spearheads this exciting program about experiences and adventures. As part of our Super Smart Sundays, Rachel interviews author C.R. Kahme about her Libbie Lyndton series. The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island has always been a retreat from the modern-day world. For C.R.’s main character, Libbie Lyndton, the Grand Hotel is far more than that - it was both a paradise for a horse-loving girl and
    Grounded!
    Cynthia Brian
    • May 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    Grounded!

    “I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working in them. For the love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but always grows and grows to an enduring and ever-increasing source of happiness.” Gertrude Jekyll It’s not only the airlines and cruise ships that are grounded! Young people everywhere are also enduring the sheltering-in-place mandate. As we embark on our eleventh week
    Vegetarian Lifestyle
    Cynthia Brian
    • May 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Vegetarian Lifestyle

    Host Siri Phaneendra was born into a very strict vegetarian family. With that mindset instilled from a young age, she found solace in gardening and nature. In a raised bed, she planted tomatoes, chilis, zucchini, broccoli, and more. She talks about the nutritional value of eating a rainbow of vegetables and fruits. She interviews Lucia Rivera, an intern with The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG), a leading non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on vegetariani
    Dr.Bonnie McLean with Integrative Medicine
    Cynthia Brian
    • May 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Dr.Bonnie McLean with Integrative Medicine

    https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/123325/integrative-medicine-with-dr-bonnie-mclean The healthier we are the more we can enjoy our elder years and the more we can pass down the wisdom that each one of us has gained over our lifetimes. How can an integrative approach to medicine help us age gracefully? Hosts Siri Phaneendra and Brigitte Jia join Dr. Bonnie McLean O.M.D., A.P., M.A., B.S.N, an award winning Doctor of Oriental Medicine and author of Integrative Medicine: The
    Wild and Free
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Wild and Free

    https://blog.voiceamerica.com/2020/04/30/wild-and-free/ "I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. " Henry David Thoreau Mother Nature has an astounding way of rebounding. The blackened, charred hills behind my house from the October wildfire are now a carpet of emerald green grass
    Gardening is NOT Canceled
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 5 min

    Gardening is NOT Canceled

    “We have it in our power to begin the world again.” Thomas Paine What a difference a day makes! Who could have ever predicted that as the vernal equinox approached in the Northern Hemisphere the entire world would be mandated to stay home, pause, and practice social distancing? Are you in compliance? As adults, we have the ability and the responsibility to be role models in keeping ourselves and our families safe and healthy whilst we are housebound. Thankfully, spring has sp
    Spring Ahead!
    Cynthia Brian
    • Mar 18, 2020
    • 5 min

    Spring Ahead!

    By Cynthia Brian “Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.” From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte With the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus Corvid-19 a pandemic, daily living as well as travel is interrupted. While we need to be alert and prepared, we can not panic. My method of staying healthy while diminishing

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