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April 02, 2009
Changes, Restructuring, Wonky Computers
Well, my computer’s still shot, but I have done a work-around that allows me to be on it for longer periods of time. It’ll do until I get a new one. I really don’t want Vista, though, so I’m hoping that they’ll be shipping with Windows 7 soon.
Anyway, while I’ve been busy with other stuff I’ve also been planning what to do here - not on the Stalking Sunlight blog (which will stay as it is, but not on the front page of the site), but with Human Beams itself. We go through this from time to time because somewhere along the way we lost (or, more accurately, I lost) our focus and were just swerving from point to point with no real destination.
Add to that the fact that the site/organization has never really had a revenue model or funding source, even to pay server costs or any other fees, which are paid out of pocket, and you have a recipe for burnout and, sometimes, discouragement. Then, also, the internet has changed greatly since we first started this venture over 10 years ago, and we need to work in ways to both reflect that and take advantage of it.
So. All that needs to change, and will be changing over the next few months. I still have very limited amounts of free, quiet time but we’ll have to make do. My hope is that as things progress and the goals and purpose of the site become clearer others will be encouraged to join in in whatever ways they can or wish to.
More on this later.
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Recipes
Hints
Tips and Tricks
Tummy warming stories
January 31, 2007
Pescado Frito (Crispy Fried Whole Fish)
 The fried whole fish, simple delicious and nutritious, always has been a notorious element in the Latin American, tropical kitchen. Its golden color shines among the plates of natives and visitors. It is a tradition … [Comment! (3)]
Gingerbeer Floats
Grandpa laughed often, loud and long and when I think of him, it is his laugh that I remember best. That and the gingerbeer floats. [ Comment! (2)]
Spiced Apple Chutney
How to use up the vestiges of the apple-bounty in a way that wouldn’t call attention to their, um, less than stellar state? My mom had the answer (she has all the answers): “ Make a chutney!” [ Comment! (2)]
January 12, 2007
Coffee! Part 1 - A Brief History
Welcome to this new series - all about Coffee! Over the next four issues or so, I will be talking about coffee. This first article is a brief history of coffee and the coffee tree. The next issues will cover storage, … [Comment! (1)]
"The fight is never
about grapes or lettuce.
It is always about people."
-Cesar Chavez
August 29, 2006
Lakeview and the Ninth Ward, August 3, 2006
Lakeview is the New Orleans neighborhood closest to the 17th Street canal, which broke wide open that day and flooded a large percentage of the city. Lakeview sustained tremendous damage from the force of the rushing floodwaters. Entire blocks of … [Comment! (0)]
Trying to Make It Home: New Orleans One Year After Katrina
Thousands of people like Ms. Mosely are back in their houses on the Gulf Coast. They are living in houses that most people would consider, at best, still under construction, or, at worst, uninhabitable. Like Ms. Mosely, they are trying to … [Comment! (0)]
This is no way to treat our fellow Americans
And now we hear that there are trailers that are sitting on people’s home sites but are locked and the families have been unable to get FEMA to help. This is a full year after the mass devastation and FEMA is … [Comment! (0)]
Hopes and Homes: Subject to Seizure On Katrina’s Anniversary
Despite these obstacles, New Orleans will begin seizing not just houses�but also the hopes of returning home�from devastated communities on the anniversary of our nation�s greatest tragedy. [ Comment! (0)]
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February 01, 2007
Northeast China: Journey to the Sky Pool
In the summer of 2001, I set out across northeast China (once called Manchuria) with a contingent of almost two dozen family members. We traveled in two small buses: one full of Changs, the other full of luggage. The purpose of … [Comment! (16)]
Ordinary people
Doing extraordinary things
May 01, 2006
What You Can Do Today (1)
HB Staff
We are starting a new series on Human Beams, from time to time posting simple, effective and, most importantly, doable actions we come across that can really make a difference. So often we seem faced with truly insurmountable problems… but solutions have to start somewhere. And we realize that sometimes the Lion Next Door that we find is ourselves.
December 13, 2005
A doctor with charm
Wendy Glauser
Although there are hardships, Kitaka finds her job extremely rewarding. “When you see a child who has been miserable rising up and gaining weight and starting to smile, you get so much personal satisfaction,” she says.
Kitaka hopes to eventually secure funding or partner with an organisation to send HIV positive adolescents to technical schools
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