by Sonya Barriere | Jan 25, 2016 | Community, Human Health, Men, The World
I have been watching the unfolding awareness about the methane leak going on just down the coast from me in Porter Ranch with a mixture of sadness and disgust. This is a human-caused environmental disaster that many experts are likening to the BP oil spill in the gulf...
by Sonya Barriere | Jan 8, 2016 | Holidays
So, welcome to 2016. Its one week into the New Year and I’ve had some time to give thought to what it is that I resolve for this glorious blank slate of a new year. I have a lot of really amazing plans for this year, including a lot of travelling, learning and...
by Sonya Barriere | Dec 17, 2015 | Balance, Community, Paradigms, The World
I just read one of the more ludicrous quotes I’ve heard from a modern person. It was from US Justice Scalia concerning his opinion about the capacity for African American students to excel in school. “One of – one of the briefs pointed out that – that...
by Sonya Barriere | Dec 14, 2015 | Balance, Community, God, Goddess, Hanukkah, Holidays, Jewish, Men, Paradigms, Suffering, The World, Tyranny
Hanukkah is the Hebrew word for dedication. It was the 4th century AD, in the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquest and subsequent occupation and forced assimilation of the Jewish People. Ruin had been laid to the Jews throughout Jerusalem and surrounding...
by Sonya Barriere | Dec 12, 2015 | Balance, Community, Holidays, Paradigms, Sustainable Living
Taking a deeeeeep breath, and exhaaaale. I just finished finals week here in Santa Barbara. Honestly, I know that my finals don’t really compare to some other peoples’ finals, but its one of those tactile feelings in the air. Like the buzz of the air in...
