Feng shui is living in harmony with nature. By nature, we mean our living environment and that includes all sounds whether it is the wind, our breath, music or traffic. So, last night I was in a hotel room in downtown Chicago. The location was very convenient as it was walking distance to many attractions …
Why is it that weather has become such a big deal? When I was a child weather was never an important part of my life. But, nowadays, it seems like I am always concerned and affected by the weather. Wonder why? We’ve been having very strange weather in Seattle. Extreme heat then cool overcast days …
Traditionally, gold was considered a safe and sure investment for Chinese. The other day I was reading about the price of gold and how Asians were more likely to purchase gold than Westerners. That’s when I remembered a story. When I was a young girl, one of my best friends was Chinese and her mother …
Futon is the Japanese word for mattress or blanket. What suprised me was that according to Wikipedia, it is now an English word derived from the Japanese word! In the U.S., when one thinks of futon, the image is the futon sofa, a thick mattress that is on a wooden frame that can be converted …
Pakistan’s floods don’t look like it is due to farming on flood plains because the scale of the disaster is just so overwhelming. Now over 20 million people are displaced. That’s just so hard to imagine. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, said he has visited many disasters around the world but has never seen …
As I turned the page of the Wall Street Journal, there were three articles on current natural disasters: Pakistan’s floods, China’s mudslides and Russia’s fire. So many natural disasters at one given time…I wondered if there was a feng shui message. The question when something so devastating as these is usually: “Why did this happen? …
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Last week, good friends of ours invited my husband and me to a talk featuring actor, Ed Begley, Jr. and architect, Matthew Coates at the Seattle Town Hall. It was titled “Leading the Way toward a sustainable future.” Mr. Begley is a successful actor and an environmentalist. You can visit his website here. He easily …
Cheese can add a little zing to your daily menu; a little feta in a salad, some cheddar to an omelet, Gruyere to a quiche, Parmesan on pasta and the list goes on. That’s why it’s always nice to have a variety of cheeses in the refrigerator. A good quality cheese can get quite …
Compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFL’s, are now being promoted as an easy way to conserve energy. Compared to the regular incandescent light bulb using CFL’s can save up to $30.00 over it’s lifetime. It sure sounds good. So, in the beginning I went out and bought many CFL’s in different shapes and wattage. It …
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