BuddhismMay 29, 2009

Butterfly effect links Buddhist groups in South Africa and San Francisco

And a miracle called Woza Moya is born in KwaZulu-Natal
Story and photos by Wanda Hennig First published in the Sunday Tribune, South Africa The Ufafa district, near Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is home to around 23,000 people. Families reside in a sprawling muddle of family compounds that stagger up hills and tumble into valleys, forming a jumbled patchwork of mud, thatch, concrete block and tin. The dwellings have no electricity. Water for drinking, washing, cooking and bathing is hand-pumped from underground wells and carried in plastic bucket and barrels. The area could have been forgotten. But — was it serendipity, karma or …

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Conscious LivingJanuary 31, 2009

An Appetite for Slow

What’s fabulously fresh, scrumptiously seasonal, lusciously local and satisfyingly sustainable? By Wanda Hennig First published in Alameda Magazine, November 2008 It’s 9:30 a.m. on a […]

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FeaturedJanuary 31, 2009

Slow Pleasures

The Slow Food Movement is, among other things, about making choices that nurture our families, the environment and our bodies. Story by Wanda Hennig First […]

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Conscious LivingJanuary 25, 2009

The Zen of Food

It’s sometimes fast, always Slow, deafeningly quiet — and a metaphor for life.

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