Jan 27, 2015 | Bamboo Products, Natural Fibers
You might not spend your spring vacation in a chateau in the south of France, and maybe you don’t serve caviar for lunch, and you probably don’t have a team of serfs to carry you to and from the tennis courts in your covered sedan, but when it...
Dec 2, 2014 | Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu
You better not pout, you better not cry, but if you did I’d say that I understand why. For those of us who lack such time-saving devices as a team of uber-industrious elves or a jug of high-octane reindeer fuel, it can be a daunting if not insurmountable...
Nov 11, 2014 | Eastern Philosophy, Health & Nutrition
NOTE: This article first appeared in Nov. 2014, revised in 2021. Those of us who enjoy bamboo, for all its beauty and utility, often have an affinity for Asian aesthetics in general. They confer a sense of calm and tranquility that is both subtle and sublime. To gaze...
Oct 8, 2014 | Eastern Philosophy
The following story, or fairy tale, comes to us from the great British novelist, John Fowles. I’ve adapted the story with some amount of poetic license, from one of my favorite novels, The Magus. “The Magician and the Prince”, like most fairy tales,...
Sep 23, 2014 | Bambu Batu, Health & Nutrition
UPDATE: As of January, 2019, the Recycled Frisbee is out-of-stock and discontinued. Last week I waxed rhapsodic on the dignity and utility of the reusable bamboo spork, and some of our other travel-friendly utensils. But then I remembered one more essential item for...
