Buddhism is a non-theistic religion (no belief in a creator god), also considered a philosophy and a moral discipline, originating in India in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. It was founded by the sage Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha l. c. 563 – c. 483 BCE) who, according to legend, had been a Hindu prince before abandoning his position and wealth to become a spiritual ascetic and, finally,…
Read More What is Buddhism?Take 3 lemons which are heavy and juicy for their size. Scrub them thoroughly. Do not peel. Slice them see-through thin. Don’t use the little pointy ends. A good way to get really thin slices is to freeze the lemons, then slice them on a mandoline or the slicer side of a box grater. Put…
Read More Shaker Lemon PieBy J. Kenji López-Alt INGREDIENTS 2 teaspoons potato starch, tapioca starch, or cornstarch 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes 4 eggs (see Note) Pinch of kosher salt PREPARATION (sounds weird, tastes great) In a medium bowl, whisk together starch with 1 1/2 tablespoons water until no lumps remain. Add half the butter cubes to the starch…
Read More Extra-Creamy Scrambled EggsThe classes are held at least once a month on Mondays at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 90 minutes. In each session, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants (in small groups) to meet each other, discuss the content, and share teaching ideas. We designed the sessions…
Read More Online Classes: Teach the Black Freedom StruggleFrom the Daily Skimm 2/24/21 This past year has exacerbated calls for an end to police brutality and for the key changes that are necessary to make that happen. But two cases are showing police failing to appropriately respond to mental health calls – and the urgent need for reforms: Angelo Quinto and Daniel Prude. In December, Angelo Quinto,…
Read More Police response to mental health callsSince I’m still a bit unsteady, I talked my Honey through making rice pudding for breakfast. It really is very easy, although you need to pay attention to it. short-grained white rice salt milk Rice Dream sweetener vanilla cinnamon For every cup of rice, you need 4-5 cups of milk and Rice Dream. I use…
Read More Today’s recipe: Rice PuddingHave you ever wondered if something could be frozen and still taste good after? I have, particularly when going out of town and having things in my fridge that would spoil before I got back. So here is the list of freezables: Milk Lemons and limes Cheese (like cheddar, not soft cheese) Avocados Spinach, other…
Read More Can You Freeze Milk?Sunny Sea Gold and Ariel Wodarcyk Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 Nurses spend their work lives caring for the sick—you’d better believe they know how to keep from getting sick themselves! Here are some common health mistakes nurses try NOT to make. Skipping vaccinations: Staying up to date on vaccines is important for adults, not just kids,…
Read More 26 Things You’re Probably Doing That Nurses Wouldn’tThese are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War. To this thinking I have only to add a point of view: I…
Read More DARKWATER: Voices from Within the Veil by W.E.B. DU BOISBy Jim Rendon JANUARY 12, 2021 Women of color are less likely than white women, white men, and men of color to rise to leadership positions at nonprofits, particularly large nonprofits. But beating the odds and landing the top spot often opens the door to a whole new set of problems. Women of color who lead organizations are…
Read More The Challenges of Being a Woman Leader of Color at a NonprofitJohn Waggoner, AARP, Updated January 28, 2021 You might be filling out your tax return for 2020, but you’re living in tax year 2021, and tax year 2021 has substantial differences from 2020. Your tax brackets are slightly higher, for example, as is your standard deduction. You don’t have many options for reducing your 2020 tax…
Read More Your 2021 Tax Brackets vs. 2020 Tax BracketsExecutive Summary The American religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. White Christians, once the dominant religious group in the U.S., now account for fewer than half of all adults living in the country. Today, fewer than half of all states are majority white Christian. White Christians now account for fewer than half of the…
Read More America’s Changing Religious IdentityHere are three ways to visualize the monstrous death toll of the coronavirus in this country By Artur Galocha and Bonnie Berkowitz Feb. 21, 2021 A year ago, covid-19 had killed just a handful of people in the United States. Now, the pandemic’s official death toll equals the size of a major city, more than the population of Kansas…
Read More 500,000 dead, a number almost too large to grasp“Yesterday, five board members who oversaw Texas’s power grid resigned. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas had been facing backlash after a winter storm left millions of Texans without power for days during some of the state’s coldest temperatures. The council ordered rolling blackouts to try and preserve electricity throughout the state. But it led to skyrocketing…
Read More Texas Power OutageBy Candace McDuffie, Correspondent, Christian Scientist Monitor Black feminist thought has become crucial to how we navigate the social, economic, and political currents in America. To understand the consequences of pervasive racist narratives that seep into mainstream media – as well as into public policy and legislation – we must first examine how these narratives affect one…
Read More These 5 books by Black women are must-reads this month – and any month