On Sunday we’re going to a fundraiser for the ALS Society called Walterpalooza. It’s to raise money for a van, to be owned by a trust and used by whoever needs it. The first recipient is a man well known and well liked in Lawrence. (I don’t know if I can use his name.)
The fundraiser [...]
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Walterpalooza
Posted in friendliness, important stuff on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Progress, gratitude
Posted in important stuff, tagged Buhner, gratitude, healing, kindness, Lyme on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m throwing down my crutches.
Maybe I still have Lyme disease, but hardly.
Over the last few weeks I have realized over and over again how much better I feel this year compared to this time last year.
Last year at this time I had just learned I had Lyme disease. I couldn’t garden because I couldn’t [...]
First harvest
Posted in food, important stuff on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
War zone or quiet country road?
Posted in important stuff on April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We live on a gravel road. The county employs a road maintainer, who grades the road periodically, adds gravel when it’s needed, maintains the ditches, plows snow, and keeps the foliage cut back. This last is done with a sort of vertical lawn mower. It shreds the trees on purpose so that the stubs aren’t [...]
All is well
Posted in friendliness, important stuff on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Aaaah. My sister’s eye surgery, though painful, is over. She is fine and very grateful for all good thoughts, prayers, and light sent her way. Thanks.
Send white light
Posted in friendliness, important stuff on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of my sisters is having eye surgery tomorrow at 12:15 Eastern time. It’s not a huge procedure, but it’s scary and could be painful. If you feel like it, send beams of white healing light to wrap all around her. That’s my plan. What is our good energy for if not to spread all [...]
Miscellany
Posted in dogs, important stuff, interesting sites on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First of all, I’m going to recommend Army of Women again. They want one million women to sign up to help with breast cancer research. Recommend it to your friends, and if you’re a woman, sign up!
Next, I’m sure I’ve mentioned Sustainable Dave’s site, 365 Days of Trash. He is a person who puts sustainability [...]
Put September 19 on your calendar for ocean cleanup
Posted in important stuff, plastic and its relatives on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My mother forwarded an email to me from the Ocean Conservancy about the International Coastal Cleanup on September 19. They’re calling for volunteers everywhere to clean up the world’s oceans and waterways. Those italics in the last sentence are mine.
My first thought when I read the email was “Hmm, maybe I should go visit back [...]
War and peace
Posted in important stuff on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The other night at dinner with friends we discussed movies. A and I had recently seen the two-part movie Che, and our friends wanted to know what we thought of it. I found it interesting, but I do not like watching images of war. The discussion turned to the value of watching war, on TV [...]
Optimism
Posted in important stuff on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been sitting here at my desk thinking “Life is sure good.” Then I started picking that idea apart. Why is it so good? Last year stunk in a variety of ways. The economy went into the toilet, I was quite sick most of the year, the world continues to lay waste to our resources, [...]
