Browsing All Posts published on »June, 2010«

Love is a Rose

June 27, 2010 by

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It was an overcast, cool and breezy morning when MrT took me out walking today. I have been trying to further the time and distance I established in my spring conditioning program but I’m not making much progress.  I haven’t been sleeping well.  I’m experiencing severe joint pain, and spasms in my legs that ZING!… [Read more…]

Overcoming Chronic Illness and Stress

June 22, 2010 by

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Over the course of 3 years I have avoided becoming too personal in this blog, lest I become maudlin and repel readers. Today I’m choosing to share my experiences as a  person withinvisible disabilities (fibromylagia, chronic fatigue,  multiple food and drug allergies) and how I have learned to take care of myself.  Hopefully, my readers… [Read more…]

Dragonfly or Hummingbird?

June 18, 2010 by

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The bird species I see everyday range from tiny hummingbirds to bald headed eagles and turkey vultures and also include feral wild turkeys and peacocks. My bird feeders are busy from dawn to dusk. Beyond them I can see no man made structures aside from our fencing from any window in my home. The views… [Read more…]

The Observer Within

June 14, 2010 by

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Tim Ferris brings an analytical, yet accessible, approach to the challenges of self-improvement and career advancement through what he calls “lifestyle design.” His 2007 book, The 4-Hour Workweek , a self-improvement program of four steps: defining aspirations, managing time, creating automatic income and escaping the trappings of the 9-to-5 life. Tim describes our modern worker… [Read more…]

Diagnosing Fibromyalgia

June 6, 2010 by

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Fibromyalgia is a syndrome involving debilitating pain, sleep disturbance, jaw pain, irritable bowel, headaches, and difficulty with concentration, anxiety and/or depression, and fatigue. In the United States, this condition affects nearly 4 million people, or 2% of the population; twice the number as those with rheumatoid arthritis. The primary symptom, pain, which often migrates through… [Read more…]

Getting stuffed and decluttering

June 2, 2010 by

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This winter we inherited even more stuff than the stuff we have eliminated in the last 6 years.  Our ongoing attempts to remain minimalist materialists and assume a lifestyle commensurate with conscious living means constant pruning, purging and donating. But this winter we found ourselves as owners of lots of boxes of second hand stuff,… [Read more…]