Selene Kumin Vega

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Impatience

My computer is back, but we're setting it up with a new, larger hard drive - which means installing everything from scratch. Some of it is just time-consuming, other parts require the assistance of my in-home tech service - my husband,...

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Catching up with Myself

Over the summer I spend many weeks in intense engagement with the outside world through teaching, hosting workshops, and traveling. In between, when I'm home at Skyote Mountain, I catch up with myself. Not that I don't spend time...

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Too much time at the computer

Computer problems seem to take a ridiculously longer time to deal with than it seems like they should! But I'm still eating in between dealing with too many projects at once, so less talk, just photos for a few days here.

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Moroccan Chickpea Cauliflower Tagine

I doubled the cauliflower (the original had only 2 cups) in this recipe from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health's Seasonal Menus: Summer 2010, by Deb Morgan. It combined beautifully with Quinoa with Latin Flavors and Roasted Romano Beans...

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Keeping Commitments

It's when life takes twists and turns the routine falls apart that commitments become important. When they are easy to keep, it's no big deal. When they take serious effort to keep, despite circumstances, commitments that we have made...

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Grandma Helen’s Chopped Eggplant

I had some of Grandma Helen's Chopped Eggplant with my 2nd meal of the day on Tuesday. I never know whether to call it "salad" or "spread" - but I have always liked it. And I love remembering my grandma whenever I make it. I've changed a...

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Healthy treats

I made a batch of Goji Squares last night, an adaptation of a friend of a friend's recipe. A combination of goji berries, cacao nibs, coconut, hemp seeds, cocoa powder, coconut oil, honey, and salt. I don't have permission to post that...

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Making the healthy choice

There are many stages of awareness and understanding of how to eat healthfully (not to mention a variety of ideas about what that means!), but once we have chosen a path towards supportive eating, there is still the issue of actually...

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Pulling out the weeds (and habits)

Often when I am doing my sprint intervals around the loop on our land, I find myself near a patch of French broom during an active rest period, and pull broom instead of walking. Yesterday as I did this I thought about weed-pulling. There...

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