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A Talk with Hersch Wilson: Author of Dog Lessons: Learning the Important Stuff from Our Best Friends
—Courtesy of New World Library

In this world beset by crisis, why a book about dogs?

First, this beautiful line in the Talmud, “Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the world, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
In other words, even in times of soul-wrenching crisis, we have a role to play; we need to be part of the solution. Even though we often feel powerless, we’re not.

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Planning Your Open-Pollinated Garden For Seed Saving, Part 1
by Shanon Hilton

In the title, planning your open-pollinated garden for seed saving, “planning” is the key word – especially when seed saving on a small, home scale basis. When planning what to grow for the upcoming garden season, for both food and seed, there are many additional factors to be considered, and strategies to be employed to ensure both diversity in genetics, as well as continuing a true-to-type variety.

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Garlic: Superfood and Super Delicious
by Megan Maier

As we enter into the winter season on our farm, one of the abundant and amazing herbs I incorporate daily into my family’s diet is garlic. Some consider it a superfood for its amazing health benefits, but another compelling reason you should eat garlic daily is for its powerful and delicious flavour. There is a reason garlic is one of the most popular ingredients, or spices, used in cooking around the world and you can find plenty of local, nutritious organic garlic here in Saskatchewan.

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Lineage: The Indigenous Roots of Osteopathy
by Eleanor Baldwin

Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of osteopathy was an American physician whose life was led by service and curiosity. Still was born in Virginia in 1828, the son of a physician/travelling Methodist preacher, who was driven out of communities for his antislavery-themed sermons. He spent a large amount of his life living among the Shawnee tribespeople in Kansas.

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It’s Not How Much. It’s How
Banish Cravings and Eat Abundantly
by Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE

When the New Year rolls around, resolutions old and new roll around too. Getting rid of sneaky pounds that somehow accumulated over the past year, for example, gets our attention again. Dieting, though, has a way of starting off well and ending badly. For some it is a merry go round from one diet to the next. Consider, though, what if you could eat whatever you want, and banish forever those relentless cravings, and look and feel fantastic? Too good to be true? Well, I’m here to tell you that there’s a new approach to this perennial challenge, which means you can not only eat lots of healthy food, but also banish cravings and calorie counting at the same time.

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Embracing Sacred Feminine Wisdom
A 52-Card Wisdom Deck
—Courtesy of Andrea Menard, with Leah Marie Dorion

Many women today exist in a perpetual state of exhaustion, burnout, and anger. In fact, people of all genders struggle with unparalleled levels of stress these days. Most of us don’t even question why we’re so tired and crabby. We accept it as the price of admission in our modern and hectic world. Andrea Menard sees things differently. She says our world is so stressful because we are focusing too much on masculine energy. Leaning into masculine traits like competitiveness, risk-taking, and assertiveness has us wildly out of balance and overrides the feminine wisdom, that provides the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being we crave.

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Veteran Yogis Share Balance Boosting Postures to Reduce the Risk of Falling
—Courtesy of Howard VanEs and Dr. Richard Harvey

Yoga for Better Balance (Let’s Write Books, Inc., October 27, 2023), written by Howard VanEs and Dr. Rick Harvey, is a comprehensive guide book that aims to help readers improve their balance and stability to reduce their risk of falling, which sends more than 800,000 people to hospitals every year, according to the CDC in the U.S. “Maintaining and improving physical balance throughout your lifespan is critical for sustaining independence, confidence, mobility, overall well-being, and perhaps most importantly, for avoiding falls — which all too often lead to life-altering, or life-ending outcomes,” explained VanEs, who has been teaching yoga for more than 26 years.

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Editorial
by Melva Armstrong

I will start with a joy-filled Happy New Year to all for 2024! One year ends and another begins, and the cycle continues. I find that everything is speeding up more and more every day, month, and year. Others I speak to feel the same way. I believe the speed-up is a positive sign that many of us are waking up more clearly, and making changes for the better within ourselves, and within human kind.

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