Browsing All Posts published on »April, 2011«

Blue Camas Love Affair

April 23, 2011 by

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Many years ago my friend and I took a new bend in the road on our  weekly woodland walk and happened upon a gorgeous sight — a sea of Blue Camas lilies in full bloom in a Garry Oak meadow.   Enamored by the display before us we exchanged our associations with the color blue.  She… [Read more…]

Forbidden Foods for Fibromyalgia

April 19, 2011 by

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February was a tumultuous month. March wasn’t much better as end of the year accounting, contract deadlines and tax calculations were on the menu.  I became stressed out, failed to get enough sleep, and didn’t monitor my diet as well as I should have. The result was a fibromyalgia flare-up from which I am now… [Read more…]

Animal Equality

April 12, 2011 by

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Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with breeding and raising of domestic animals such as cattle, hogs, sheep, and poultry  as food or product sources. “Our society is showered with images of happy animals living on farms where the cows graze in lush green fields and the chickens have the run of the… [Read more…]

Making Mandalas: A Magical Process

April 3, 2011 by

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Are you a doodler? Have you ever drawn mandalas ?  I had a very busy week full of medical and laboratory appointments and I spent hours traveling between them. While sitting in waiting rooms I began to doodle and produced several mandalas. My girfriend who was visiting and chauferring me between appointments got into the… [Read more…]