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Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network - Waimea Homestead Farmers Market. Waimea Homestead Farmers Market For years, any time we passed by the Waimea Homestead Farmers Market site it was usually during a week day and the market was closed. A couple of months ago when we were on our way to the Kohala area on a Saturday, we decided to make a stop and check out the market. Two weeks later, a friend invited us to meet her at the market for breakfast. There is a breakfast tent she recommended and that is where we had a long breakfast while being introduced to some of her friends. The Waimea Homestead Farmers Market has been around on this same location for 18 years.

Market co-founder Roen Hufford of Honopua Farm Ken and Roen Hufford, owners of certified organic Honopua Farm in Waimea, are part of the original hui of farmers and homesteaders that founded the market. It was Roen’s parents who started the 2,800 ft elevation flower farm growing proteas, carnations, seasonal flowers and lei flowers and foliage. Dick Threlfall of Hawaii Island Goat Dairy. Frugal Recipe: How to Make Your Own Amazing Muesli.

Image courtesy Wikipedia Are you a fan of Muesli? If so, then you’re probably not a fan of Muesli’s high price. Most of the time, you have have to shell out $3-$5 or more for this stuff. And, you only get a tiny bag or small box. You’d think they put gold in there Muesli is so expensive. Now, if you’re scratching your head wondering what the heck we’re talking about, don’t worry. Here it is: Muesli is a breakfast cereal that’s really popular in Switzerland. Other than the rolled oats, which most often form the foundation of the Muesli, what you add is really up to you. As you can see, Muesli is really, really good for you. The only downside is the price. I recently found an amazing recipe for homemade Muesli. I’ve been eating my homemade Muesli constantly all week, and I wanted to share it with all of you because it’s so healthy, super easy to make, and so delicious!

How to Make Homemade Muesli The recipe I found originally came from AllRecipes. Ingredients: To Make: My Modifications Yum! Healing & Wellness, Hawaii Information Guide. Non-sectarian, Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, Insight Meditation Centers. San Francisco Zen Center - Celebrating the Goddess - Mayumi Oda at the Ren Brown Gallery and at Green Gulch Farm. Goddess Is Coming to You, Can You Come to Her? In cooperation with the San Francisco Zen Center, Mayumi Oda will be exhibiting her work as part of the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Ren Brown Collection Gallery . March 11 - April 18 Saturday, March 13, 2 - 4 pm The Ren Brown Collection Gallery 1781 Highway One/P.O. Box 156 Bodega Bay, CA 94923 [ directions and gallery hours ] {*style:<b>Exhibit and Benefit at Green Gulch Farm on March 14 </b>*} An exhibit and benefit sale of Mayumi Oda's prints and other works will be presented at Green Gulch Farm in Marin [ directions ]: Sunday, March 14, 9 am - 4 pm Mayumi will be offering a percentage of the sales of her art work to Green Gulch.

Born to a Buddhist family in Japan in 1941, Mayumi Oda studied fine art and traditional Japanese fabric dying. From 1969 to the present Mayumi has exhibited over 40 one-woman shows throughout the world. Mayumi lived for many years in Muir Beach, CA, and practiced at Green Gulch Farm. White Tara. Zen Centers in the Hawaiian Islands. Kristina Connover, Demand Media Numerous Zen centers on the Hawaiian islands invite visitors to experience and practice contemplation, meditation and prayer. Whether you are looking for a small cottage-style, Zen-centered home in a rain forest with meditation rooms and gardens on site or a secluded Buddhist temple in a rural country meadow where you can stay overnight, or simply one you can visit for the day, Hawaii offers you a variety of choices. Palolo Zen Center Green and tranquil, the Palolo Zen Center, on 13 acres of conservation land, offers a secluded location near the end of Waimao valley on Oahu.

With a residence hall, teachers' quarters and a complex of outdoor walkways, visitors will find Palolo offers a retreat dedicated to the peaceful practice of Zen studies. Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling Future Forests Retreat Cottage, LLC Future Forests Retreat Cottage, LLC is located at a cool, misty, 2,200-foot elevation in a native Hawaiian forest on the slopes of Hualalai. About the Author. The Greenest Dollar. Surf Malta - M.S.A. The author’s (Surfer Stephen Nussbaum) blog is called Castles made of Sand – check out Stephens surf travel’s around the med, this article is written by him after he fly over from Dubai for 24hrs last Friday to HOPEFULLY catch some waves, read on and follow his blog for more surf Adventures.

Stephen the author of Castles in the Sand By stevolj It’s no secret that there’re waves in the Med. It’s a big body of water and gets tons of wind. Remember Slater’s sessions in Rome in Drive Through Europe? Well, the charts looked right so I took a gamble on a short strike mission to smack dab in the middle of the Med: Malta. I got in touch with local ripper Jay Chapelle who managed to source me a wetsuit and a board after mine got left in Dubai (not what you want to hear from the airline people when you’re on a strategic mission and short for time). Mediterranean mysto slab empty, light off shores, sunny- no wonder so many empires fought over this place. Malta. Onlyapartments. Photography, Cameras and Taking Better Pictures. Absolute Freedom Of The Hippie Festival.

Buddhism's Sacred Places: Photos By Kenro Izu. How can you shield a magnet? Experiments with magnets and our surroundings How can you shield a magnet? Have you ever wondered how you can shield the magnetic field created by a magnet? Is there any material that you can place between two magnets so they would not affect each other? The answer is, "Yes, to an extent!

" Two Magnets, Attraction Suppose you have two magnets, spaced a certain amount apart, and the North poles are both facing the same direction so that the South pole of one is facing the North pole of the other. The diagram in the middle shows what happens if you insert an iron plate between the magnets. The diagram on the right shows what happens if you insert a superconductor between the magnets. Two Magnets, Repulsion Suppose you have two magnets, spaced a certain amount apart, and the North poles are both facing each other. The diagram in the middle shows what happens if you insert an iron plate between the magnets. One Magnet Suppose you have one magnet. Expelling the Field Containing the Field 1. 2. 3.