Difficult as it is to comprehend, it was announced on July 1, 2016 that income inequality in this country became even worse last year. (http://equitablegrowth.org/research-analysis/u-s-top-one-percent-of-income-earners-hit-new-high-in-2015-amid-strong-economic-growth/) Economic inequality produces damage that last a lifetime and beyond. That’s one reason why in 2013 President Obama said that “increasing inequality … challenges the very essence of who we…
A huge thank you to Twin Cities FOX for highlighting Sprout Worthy & Plantables. http://www.fox9.com/news/43846402-story
A rainy Tuesday means it’s the perfect day for fair trade coffee paired with a motivational mug. What do you think?
Our sister, Angela, found this great new addition to The Purple Tree line up. The recipes look GREAT…and easy to prepare! The added bonus when you purchase this book one is donated to food shelves and other food charities. It’s that gift that just keeps on giving. (Kinda like our Angela…she’s a giver!)
Sprout Worthy is ready — pre-order now and SAVE! Visit http://www.sproutworthy.com and have us hold a lettuce, herb or flower mix for Dad (or you)! Our first self-created product with the crew at Plantables will be ready for Father’s Day. Yippee!
It was Plato (BC 427-BC 347) who said that “we can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when people are afraid of the light.” There have been numerous periods throughout human history when people in public and powerful positions have used fear to inflict their…
Let me set the context first. As far as historians, archeologists, and anthropologists can determine, all societies, past and present, have some form of a belief in a superior or supreme being or beings. Having said that, there are also people in many of the cultures who do not share such a belief. Nonetheless, as…
I was sharing dinner with friends last night when one of them asked for my thoughts about the kind of planet we were passing on to our children and grandchildren. The question was asked within the context of a presidential election primary season in which one federal senator had just described his political party and…
Here we are in the midst of another insufferably long election season. Mostly, we are focused on the presidential race, a challenge to reality at a minimum. Thus far, we have heard the candidates called “idiots, ”freaks,” “clowns,” “messes,” and, worst of all in the eyes of some, a “democratic socialist!” What is so scary…
In both Hebrew as well as Greek, the correct translation is “thou shalt not murder.” In Hebrew and Greek thinking (and Judeo-Christian thought), only post-birth living humans can be murdered – the physical act of taking another’s life. Murder in the Hebrew and Greek belief systems also includes thoughts or feelings of deep hatred or…
It was Martin Luther King who said that “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” I begin with this quote because The Purple Tree (www.ThePurpleTree.org) is partnered with Plantables (www.Plantables.net) to help manufacture the new Sprout Worthy (www.SproutWorthy.com) window boxes. In our numerous…
It was Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) who said that “we are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.” One of…
