Fruits of Love
With the hullabaloo of the December holidays over, food donations at the Second Harvest Food Bank have dwindled. But one child has stepped forward to provide the fruits of California's winter. Jacob Olian, 8, dreamed up the plan to collect the oranges, grapefruits, tangerines and lemons from people's backyards and give them to the food bank. Jacob typed up a flyer that read “Got Fruit?” and a... posted on Feb 11 2005, 949 reads

Neruda
... posted on Feb 06 2005, 657 reads

Travel Light
... posted on Jan 31 2005, 585 reads

Judge Not
... posted on Jan 30 2005, 978 reads

Compassionate Listening
The Compassionate Listening Project (CLP) is succeeding at cultivating peace in areas of the world where militarism and violence have completely failed. Inspired by the work of Gene Knudsen Hoffman and Thich Nhat Hanh, CLP has been working side-by-side with Israelis and Palestinians in modeling respectful listening as a path toward friendship that transcends political, religious, and ethnic bound... posted on Jan 28 2005, 1,205 reads

The Cellist of Sarajevo
On May 27,1992, a bakery in Sarajevo was making bread and distributing it to a long line of war-shattered people stretched out into the street. Suddenly a shell fell directly into the middle of the line, killing 22 people instantly. Not far away lived a 37-year old musician named Vedran Smailovic, who before the war he had been the principal cellist of the Sarajevo Opera— But when he saw the car... posted on Jan 25 2005, 1,959 reads

Prayer's Reach
... posted on Jan 24 2005, 568 reads

Harvard's Fun Czar
Harvard University students: overachieving, bookish bores or repressed party animals? A little of both, it seems. Following complaints that it does little to promote campus social life, the Ivy League school has hired its first "fun czar" -- Zac Corker, a recent Harvard graduate whose job is to build community spirit and help stressed-out students unwind. ... posted on Jan 18 2005, 1,044 reads

When I Look Back
... posted on Jan 17 2005, 2,220 reads

Let It Run
... posted on Jan 16 2005, 998 reads