Friday, February 10, 2012

With five decades’ distance it’s clear that books as seemingly different as “The Organization Man,” “The Lonely Crowd,” “The Feminine Mystique” and “Atlas Shrugged” were really all about the same thing: the alienation and discomfort of gifted, independent-minded individuals in a society in which the “normal” ruled. The “cognitive elite” felt left out of or oppressed by the country’s culture and, as a result, scorned it.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

73 yr old vegan Mimi Kirk

What are your common protein sources?

I get a lot of protein from greens, hemp seeds, chia seeds, and sprouting. These all seem to work for me, I’m not protein deficient in any way.

What are your typical iron sources?

I adore parsley, kale, dandelion greens, dried apricots, avocado, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, tahini, flax seeds and hemp seeds just to name a few.



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