Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

For many in the modern world, carving out time for both traditional seated meditation and exercise has become close to impossible.

I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency.

In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created.

I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

Any drug can be used successfully, no matter how bad it's reputation, and any drug can be abused, no matter how accepted it is. There are no good or bad rugs; there are only good and bad relationships with drugs.

I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria.