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22 Dec
Of Sprigs and Twigs
Heart Strings and Sisterly Love
Grandmother and Grandson
Weaving Love into a Wreath
Wishing You Peace and Love
In gratitude and special thanks to the volunteers in Horticulture Therapy who donated the awesome twigs and sprigs, prepared delicious food and homemade cider, and brought special people together, including a warm visit from my mother and sister, who joined us in making wreaths and swags.
My son and I are staying home for Christmas this year, mostly caring for our sweet dog, Tiny, who has stomach cancer. Our days with Tiny are limited. I can feel the approaching time. Some days, like today, I feel it in enormous waves of sadness. I cry, which helps a little. Crying is good for you when you feel sad.
Christmas isn’t always happy. I pray for the grieving families in Connecticut. I pray for people who are hurting, hungry or…
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19 Dec
Documentary about current practices in Psychiatry
(I’ve reblogged this documentary because I believe with all my heart that psychiatry needs to evolve in radical ways. I am personally very distraught by the care that is available to people, like my family, who do not have the financial means to access private care and/or are without support from extended family, leaving ‘us’ with only one option, which is the current practices in modern-day America’s mental healthcare system).
The producer of this film, Lise Zumwalt, is looking for funding to continue making it. See here and donate please, even a small amount.
Powerful commentary and documentation on the coercive nature of psychiatry.
If you’re not aware of just how brutal and coercive psychiatry can be, you should really watch this. This may seem extreme to those who’ve not seen it happening but it’s very common and the bottom line is psychiatry, in general, at best, is subtly coercive. Drugs are generally presented as necessary rather than one, often far less than ideal, possibility for treatment.
CLINICAL SUMMARY: THAT’S CRAZY is the story of Eric and two others who are on the frontlines of a revolution in mental health. They are part of a new phenomenon – a growing number of people who say we need to rethink mental illness. The critics are the patients.
STATUS: Eric, a genetics major…
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31 Oct
Mums Pumpkin
Orange lifts my spirit. Yellow soothes my soul. Little purple flowers remind me of my best friend, Free, who passed in 2006. She lives in my heart.
23 Oct
My Summer Love
BT, my pond friend, is so cute that I have once again fallen in-love with a critter!
25 Sep
“Some how, monarchs are able, with much smaller brains than ours, to feel their own bodies, to read the weather and to instinctively feel where they are and where they are headed and how they should respond to the earth itself.”
Excerpt from the post: Butterfly Effect
(See link above to the blog, “what a shrink thinks”).
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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
Every late August /early September it comes, whether I like it or not.
As soon as the wind shifts, without any invitation at all.
In fact, when I resist or forget that it is arriving, it bursts in a rage, like some slighted and pissed of fairy-witch that spits curses, wreaks havoc, and grinds the whole works to a stop.
When I just remember to behave with grace when it knocks it becomes a respectful, polite, if somewhat impinging guest who is aware that their presence is inconvenient, and unavoidably disruptive, and their scheduled stay just a little too long.
When I am attuned, prepared and accepting, it brings with it quiet pleasures and relief.
As the earth under my feet cools, and draws the heat out…
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18 Aug
Painted Pretty in Nectar
Another Green Healing Day has passed leaving me with memories (and plenty of photos) of all kinds of different butterflies. I have literally dreamed of colors and patterns, blending together and it’s almost as if I am those butterflies in my dreams. I can feel the colors and movement in the dreams. I like that 🙂
‘Painted Lady’
I got some really great shots of the Winged Wildlife in the garden, but for some reason, I particularly like these two photos. I hope I’ve identified this beauty correctly as the Painted Lady. The wing patterns are complex and stunningly colorful. I also happen to love the orange Mexican Sunflowers (Tithonia). If you ever want to attract different species of butterflies, then I highly recommend planting this prolific and bright blooming annual.
A Closer Look at the Painted Lady
My apologies for not posting/writing more often, as well as my lapse in communication. I have a lot on my mind and so for now, I hope you enjoy the images I share.
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