Naturally Generating Empathy & Community
Aja Fonseca-Arnold grew up in a multicultural household. She is an Afro-Latina in America, which makes her a very powerful human being. Her power comes from the strength to seek answers for what she needed to live. In her quest, she turned to nature to find not only physical healing, but also spiritual rejuvenation. “Absolutely,…
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At Least You Can Die Laughing
A book review of You Can’t Kill Me Twice (so please treat me right) by Charlyne Yi Photo Credit: Laura E. Davis To see Charlyne Yi (pronounced yee) in character actress roles, you wouldn’t think twice about how her twisted, unique and sharp wit pops from the movie screen. Let alone, how that transmits to…
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Holiday Gifting with Intention
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of The Year! …And it deserves the most wonderful kind of gift-giving. With recent fires, floods and other disasters around the globe, not to mention pollution from plastics and other toxins, the elephant in the room begs one question: “How can I gift without causing more harm to the environment?” …
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A Veteran’s View of Veterans Day
We Take an Oath I am a United States Sailor. I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, And I will obey the orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world.…
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GET YOUR LIFT AT NEW “GREEN” CAFES IN CALIFORNIA
It’s a question as perplexing as the one about the chicken and the egg. Now that you’ve purchased legal cannabis, where do you go to smoke it? Legalization is permeating the U.S., but state laws for consumption haven’t all caught up. Even if your stash is legal, public consumption may not be. Colorado has consumption…
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Elevated Spiritual Living… It’s a Real Thing
(Updated: 10.08.2019) A Long and Winding Road On my own spiritual journey over the last few decades, I’ve discovered that the universe gives freedom of choice in the paths we choose. For at least the last four decades, life has brought an experience of connecting with a centeredness that, at times, has been elusive. Other…
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Healing The World With Pot, Not Punches
Mike Tyson’s Vision of Healing Products Launches in Las Vegas Mike Tyson is no stranger to cannabis. It’s been a part of his life for a long time. The former boxing champ didn’t start using it as medicine, though, until he was a little older. Now the founder of the Tyson Ranch cannabis company praises…
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An Adventure in Hydrating
It’s 1981 and L.A. is in a heat wave the week before Labor Day. Working retail in those days put us at ground zero of the Downtown L.A. energy from the garment district, the old financial district, to the flower mart, to the produce market and back around to the jewelry district. The Dodgers were…
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Legalized Weed Blazing New Trails For Stoner Films
Cheech and Chong. Harold and Kumar. Jay and Silent Bob. Historically, the characters in classic stoner films were portrayed as societal outcasts, delinquents and dropouts. The genre itself stems from decades-long prohibition and criminalization. It reflects a rebellious culture thumbing its nose at the man. But the times, they are a changin.’ With more than…
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Female Filmmaker Sparks Conversation On Women And Weed
Filmmaker Windy Borman grew up with a negative perception of cannabis. She labeled pot smokers at school as “stoner dudes,” under-achievers who often skipped class and usually smelled like a skunk. “That ‘I don’t care’ mentality just didn’t jibe with me,” recalls the award-winning director and producer. “It wasn’t very inviting.” When she started interviewing…
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