by Sondra Barrett | Sep 10, 2010 | Blog
I watch the news with dismay wondering where all the hatred is coming from? I know we’re going through hard economic times but when it seems like half the country is against the other, is the economic state bringing out the hatred? Is anyone with brown skin now the...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 9, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog
I started my professional life as a medical scientist, a serious scientist on the faculty of the University of California Medical School. But then a tool of science – a microscope – opened me to the ART IN SCIENCE. Seeing photographs of chemicals of the brain at the...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 9, 2010 | Blog
Naming wines If you ever have wondered where do our words come from, particularly our words for food, wine and abstract ideas? Read Naming Nature: The Clash between instinct and science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon.
by Sondra Barrett | Jul 22, 2010 | Blog, Cultivating Well-being
I am always surprised at how much discussion and angst the topic of biodynamic wine brings. So I decided I wanted to do my part at looking at bio-dynamics. How about definitions first before getting into philosophy. Bio = life. Dynamics = related to physical force...
by Sondra Barrett | Jul 12, 2010 | Blog, Cultivating Well-being
I’ve often thought that a legacy I would leave would be scientific discoveries or artistic creations. Tonight after talking to both my children – grown adults with families of their own, I realize my legacy, so far, has been the love of food and cooking. My son lives...
