by Sondra Barrett | Mar 18, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Cell Wisdom, Secrets of Your Cells
When asked about how I teach about the dense topic of our cells, one answer is that we become them by embodying and humanizing them. In other words, we act them out as we learn how they work and what are their lessons. Last week I met an incredible...
by Sondra Barrett | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste
This was an EXQUISITE WINE – a 2 yr old Freeman 2003 Akiko Cuvee Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast. It was sumptuous and balanced plus adding to ths delight was meeting Ken and Akiko. At this pinot noir event at John Ash’s I got to experience some of the best...
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...
