Thursday, July 31, 2008

Fish pedicures creating something of a "splash"

Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the Washington D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. John Ho, who runs the Yvonne Hair and Nails salon with his wife, Yvonne Le, said 5,000 people have taken the plunge so far.

The toothless Garra rufa, or doctor fish nibble away dead skin from the toes of their "clients." What a great idea! I'd try it just to see how it feels.

Nature, how wonderful to be a part!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Elephant Art

Have you seen the interesting paintings done by elephant? Here's a group that is dedicated to Conservation and education: The Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project.

The Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project (AEACP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding people in need and to saving the diminishing number of Asian elephants left on our planet through its work with domesticated elephants. The AEACP raises funds through the sale of artwork created by elephants in order to generate money and create awareness for the people and elephants of Asia.

The painting on the left is by Boon Rod pictured above. It's Boon Rod #o29 selling for $650.
The one on the right is by Ging Gao. It's 041 and sells for $500.00

From their website:

The AEACP exists to:

  • improve the welfare of domesticated elephants by facilitating appropriate standards of training, care, food and habitat.
  • help support the efforts of conservation organizations working to sustain and protect wild elephant populations.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Brahms' Intermezzo Op118 No2

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

"Those were my molecules."

From an article by Stacey Lawson titled:

Edgar Mitchell: An Astronaut's Detour Into Inner Space


As astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, completed his Apollo 14 mission and returned home toward our big blue earth, he experienced a sudden and radical epiphany. Trained in all the disciplines appropriate for space exploration -- physics, engineering, orbital mechanics -- nothing could have prepared him for this life-changing experience:

"On the way home from the moon, looking out at the heavens, this insight - which I now call a transcendent experience - happened. I realized that the molecules of my body had been created or prototyped in an ancient generation of stars - along with the molecules of the spacecraft and my partners and everything else we could see including the Earth out in front of us. Suddenly, it was all very personal. Those were my molecules.




Read all at link above.

Institute of Noetic Sciences Site