Wow, cows have such a grand time. And for one of the earth’s most peaceful, completely vegetarian creatures they should have a grand life. Only in India. It’s not enough that we look at them and picture them as tasty burger patties, fist them for laughs, force impregnate then separate them from their babies straight

Thousands of starfish washed ashore. A little girl began throwing them in the water so they wouldn’t die. “Don’t bother, dear,” her mother said, “it won’t make a difference.” The girl stopped for a moment and looked at the starfish in her hand. “It will make a difference to this one.” ~ Domini Domini is

“My idea behind going to Nepal was all about escaping, escaping from the daily grind at Microsoft, the conference calls, the emails and just getting away. I went trekking looking for nothing but snow capped Himalayan peaks.” Room to Read via Tim Ferris’ The Karmic Capitalist: Should I Wait Until I’m Rich to Give Back?

The Buckland Romani Tarot Deck This exquisitely illustrated and rare deck has sadly been out of print for years and can only be found through collectors these days. It is in the English Romani tradition and comes with the Romany Tarot Gypsy Book of Wisdom. Every years or so I check to see if it’s

Today I discovered this quirky little deck. This deck is based on a set created for Svetlana Alexandrovna Touchkoff by her mother who was taught this art by an 80-year-old Russian woman after WWII. These are highly unusual cards in that each square picture has been split in half with the halves scattered among the