Thursday, February 05, 2004


as beautiful as the moon

and a big bccy thank-you to phil hand of supreme bean / joe-to-go for the bella luna espresso he sent me today! can't wait to pull shots of this. long-time readers, stay tuned this weekend for a review.

"what can students do to help address a crisis that affects so many rural farmers in the americas, africa, and asia?"

the crisis under discussion is of course the world-price depression known as the coffee crisis. and right now, fair trade coffee is indeed part of the answer.

all over the world, students are organizing for fair-trade coffee. for example, oxford is holding a debate on the subject between the "c.e.o. of a massive multinational" (i think nestle) and an e.u. commissioner (who'll probably be for it only if the e.u. can write the rules and there's kickbacks for all the bureaucrats involved. oops! did i say that? i am actually pro-e.u.).

in yoga news, i am grooving on french author daniel odier's desire, a book on kashimir shaivism, a.k.a. tantra. there are a few translation problems, however, but they're fairly minor.

you may know odier better by his nom de plume delacorta, under which he wrote the novel that became the 80s cult movie diva.

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