By Terri Carr Muran We exist in a world, where convenience supersedes our conscious choices. Always “on the go”, we have noble intentions to eat sensibly, and take vitamins. Many of us invest significantly in maintaining our health. Shopping for organic produce is a priority. We carefully measure carbohydrates, fats and sugars, with an emphasis on...
By John Di Leonardo Flaco, the beloved Eurasian Eagle-Owl who took the world by storm a year ago after finding freedom in Central Park after being sprung from a small cage at the Central Park Zoo, has died—killed over the weekend after crashing into a building on West 89th Street. When Flaco was sprung from his...
By John Di Leonardo Lent—the Christian religious observance commemorating the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke—has begun. Long before I discovered Jainism, I was raised Christian. I attended Church every Sunday, went to Bible school, worked in the rectory,...
By John Di Leonardo “Groundhog Day” is a regional tradition in North America in which a large rodent, also known as a woodchuck, and make-shift “burrow” is hauled in front of a large crowd on February 2nd of each year. Ostensibly, according to tradition, if the groundhog emerges from their burrow on this day and...
Going vegan also puts you into a category that is one-ninth as likely to be obese as meat-eaters and has a cancer rate that is only 40 percent that of meat-eaters. Replacing meat and dairy with delicious plant-based alternatives also means giving up cholesterol—which is only found in animal-derived foods—and decreasing your risk for...
