by Sondra Barrett | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Shaping Taste
The recent New York Times article telling us that the lack of sex is hurting the health of wine grapes, got me thinking. How do grapes have sex? First of all, grapes are ‘bisexual. It all ideally starts with the flower having both male and female sex organs, how...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 24, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Cell Wisdom, Featured
When I began using the microscope for medical research it was to distinguish normal from leukemic cells – to find diagnostic meaning in the features of the cells. When I began giving slide shows to kids with cancer of the microscopic beauty of what was in their...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 18, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured
What is this? After a weekend of showing this image as a large art portrait, it was clear that it brought up different imagery to folks. It was part of the Winter WineLand ‘art happening’ at Freestone Vineyards, a beautiful friendly place with beautiful...
by Sondra Barrett | Dec 28, 2010 | Blog
Well, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University answer is “yes.” The core of their studies had people repeatedly imagine eating pieces of cheese, 3 M & Ms, or 30 M & Ms, one at a time. Then when given the imagined food, those who thought about eating those...
by Sondra Barrett | Dec 10, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
This time of year is tricky in that it’s a time of both celebration and going into the darkest times, time to go inner. Plus the chill of winter and wetness does a lot to dampen spirits. So what brings you cheer or balance? What cheers me – the people I...
