Activating and balancing the Metal element in your home this fall
In the last few months I've shared a small bit about the wisdom of the Five Elements in Feng Shui interior design and how to apply them at home, in accordance with the Feng Shui Bagua map.
 By Michele Duffy
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Feng Shui
The home should function as a personal retreat, a restorative place where we rejuvenate and refresh, and so if home is not feeling that way, the Five Elements can help. In Feng Shui, we use the Five Elements to balance and enrich home spaces so that the feeling of ...By Michele Duffy
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Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
"There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort." - W. Somerset Maugham
Perhaps because I practiced interior design as a professional member of the American ...By Cynthia Brian
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Creating a living room that sings
Decorating a space like a living room can feel like an overwhelming task as you try to put all the pieces together to make it feel harmonious. You have to consider paint colors for the walls, what kind of furniture you already have, what pieces you need, furniture ...By Amanda Eck
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review
The second quarter of 2019 was again seasonally strong with a solid volume of closed sale activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate, excepting Orinda. Supply, however, increased significantly in Moraga and especially Orinda while in Lafayette inventory ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS-T
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Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul"- John Muir
How often are you outdoors? Are you spending ...By Cynthia Brian
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Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
"Trees are giving fruit
Earth is giving grain
Sun is giving warmth
By Cynthia Brian
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Volunteers remove flammable French Broom from Nature Area
On a rainy Sunday a few weeks ago, 20 children and parents helped Toris Jaeger remove invasive French Broom plants from around the Wagner Ranch Nature Area in Orinda. Children hunted for the pretty plants along the winding trails, and worked together to pull up and cut ...Submitted by Katharine Barrett
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Rattlesnake Advisory
As the weather heats up, rattlesnakes become ...Submitted by East Bay Regional Park District
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Feng Shui
The Five Elements of Tibetan Bon and Chinese Taoist Feng Shui are involved in all dimensions and the role of the Five Elements is often an important detail that is missed with even the most well-intended interior designers, general contractors and architects.
By Michele Duffy
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Summer's the season for outdoor entertaining
Well, ready or not, summer is here! And with that comes lots more outdoor entertaining. Here are a few fun ideas to liven up your outdoor space.
Bringing the Indoors Out
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Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
"As the scent to the rose, are those memories to me." - Amelia C. Welby
Cooler weather has bidden a sweet goodbye, and warmer days beckon us to linger outdoors. My garden is ablaze with ...By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui
Perhaps you've noticed, even with the rain, that the early summer season has begun and we are happily awash in a complete symphony of seasonal layers - mating rituals of birds dancing about, bunnies peering from tall grasses, or massive flowers bobbing gently in the ...By Michele Duffy
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Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian
"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."- Juvenal
Excited about the glorious weather at the beginning of May, I spent two days getting out the patio furniture from storage, ...By Cynthia Brian
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Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
"Do what you can for as long as you can and when you can't, do the next best thing."-Chuck Yeager
Back in 1999 when I was co-authoring what became a New York Times bestseller, "Chicken ...By Cynthia Brian
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA