by S.M. Chen “No man is an island…” John Donne (1572-1631), Meditation XVII, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions Right at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Los Angeles Times had a column mentioning various good things we can do during these turbulent times. They included, Continue to pay your house cleaner, dog walker, personal trainer […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-common-good/
Commentary: Would You Become a Locavore?
During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are planting gardens, not only for something fun to do during quarantine but also to enjoy the fresh produce that will grow abundantly with minimal care. Eating locally grown foods is increasingly popular as the locavore movement continues to gain momentum.
Locavore was designated “Word of the Year” in 2007 for Oxford University Press (OUP). According to the OUP blog, this word is the creation of Jessica Prentice of the San Francisco Bay…
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Project distributes hygiene kits to homeless people
Thanks to the work of a self-published author, homeless people in Goiânia, the capital and largest city of the central Brazilian state of Goiás, are receiving personal hygiene kits to help them through the novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Yonara Aniszewski, a writer and Seventh-day Adventist whose books include “Só hoje eu vou vencer” (“Today I’ll Win”), decided to embark on the campaign, using proceeds from online book sales.
“My husband and I have always helped several institutions and…
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Pocket Edition of Live More Happy released
A new pocket edition of Live More Happy offers opportunities to share insights into emotional wellbeing with family and friends, as well as the wider community, at a time when its message is “so needed,” according to author Dr. Darren Morton.
“Recently we saw the appointment of Australia’s first deputy chief medical officer for mental health,” said Morton, director of the Lifestyle Medicine & Health Research Centre at Avondale University College, speaking of the Australian government’s response…
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