Dec 3, 2021 | Bamboo Products
Maybe I just watched too much Gilligan’s Island as a kid, but there’s something about being surrounded by bamboo that I find very relaxing. Whether it’s a thriving bamboo garden, an attractive arrangement of lucky bamboo, or a tasteful piece of...
Nov 25, 2021 | Eastern Philosophy
Note: This article first published in January 2015, revised with fresh material in 2021. Bamboo is a plant like no other. Due to its size and stature, some call it a tree. In fact, botanists say it’s a grass. It’s strong, it’s flexible, it’s...
Nov 23, 2020 | Alternative Lifestyle, Eastern Philosophy
If there’s anything I enjoy as much as bamboo, it’s probably peace of mind. But in the year 2020, that’s something awfully hard to come by. Between the germs, the lockdowns, the elections and the conspiracies, it seems like peace and tranquility have...
Aug 9, 2019 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Are you looking to add a little touch of the Orient to your garden? Bamboo is one of the best plants to produce that effect. An iconic symbol of the Far East, bamboo embodies all the sublime elegance and simplicity that we associate with Japanese gardens and Asian...
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,...
