VELVET UNDERCOVER

I love all my covers, but this might just be the loveliest one yet! Observe the pretty!   Samantha Donaldson’s family has always done its duty for the British Crown. In the midst of World War I, seventeen-year-old Sam follows in their footsteps, serving her...

Keep Calm and Go Om?

I arrived late at the meditation party. Born in the sixties and raised in the seventies and eighties, many of my friends and relatives had jumped on the bandwagon way before I did. Transcendental Meditation, Buddhism, Hinduism, stonedism… even though I always had...

The Mood/Food Connection

I’ve often wondered about the mind body connection. It’s  well documented that chronic stress can have a negative effect on your body. But can your body, or more specifically, what you put in your body, have the same effect on your mind and mental health? For years...