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Mind over Grey Matter: Meditation and the brain
Meditation has always been a wonderful way to calm, center, and focus the mind and spirit. Evidence out of UCLA suggests that this kind of quiet, directed introspection could also strengthen the connections between neurons and increase the amount of folding in the...
Bee grateful: Honey bees and human safety
Oh, honeybees! Forgive me for a moment while I extoll the virtues of this humble insect. These hard-working ladies accomplish so much to contribute to human well-being. Aside from pollinating our crops and producing the miracle elixir that is honey, scientists have...
Bee here now: Understanding Colony Collapse
Bamboo, how do we love thee? Let me count the ways. If you've spent any time on my website, you know I'm quite a fan. But don't be misled into thinking it's the only issue I care about. Bamboo is but a single link in the great chain. Its value and importance run...
Life in the SLO Lane
NOTE: This article originally appeared in Jan. 2016. The retail store closed in 2020, so these shirts are no longer available. Over the years, Bambu Batu earned a pretty solid reputation for creating some of the best bamboo t-shirt designs available anywhere. So, in...
The Mandala: Roadmap of the Mind
Even before the emergence of myths and drama, our ancestors produced symbols to express the meaning of existence and explore the mystery of their condition. No image encapsulates the pattern of human experience quite so precisely and succinctly as the ancient mandala,...
Glorious Ganesha: Signs and symbols in the elephant god
Bamboo is something of a symbol of Far Eastern culture. So it's not unusual for our love of bamboo to spill over into other Asian ideas and aesthetics, like bonsai, meditation and Wabi-Sabi. But today we're going to explore and unpack another treasure trove of Eastern...