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Saturday was my dad's birthday. He is in a nursing home, has lived there since February, despite wanting to be at home at this point in...

I thought of calling this post "Serendipity" or "Synchronicity" because those two beautiful words cropped up often during the various...

A couple days ago I found an anonymous quote, paraphrased, "Autumn lets us see how beautiful it is to let things go." Paraphrased because...

Yesterday as I was getting ready to go out the door to set up for farmers market, the sky darkened. "Market day," I said. We all like to...

Some days I wake up with a great idea to put on paper! Other days I draw a blank. Some months when it comes time to sit in front of the...

When I was in Dominica, almost 20 years ago, every morning my 'alarm clock' blared at that moment when dawn greets the fading night and...

Last week's New York Times reported "Breaking News" that "America's population is older than ever, with a record high median age of...

Summer is officially here, according to those who go by the Memorial Day schedule. Where did May go? I spent a beautiful eight days on an...

Our first reading recommendation for The Doula Files Bookshelf is Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. In this engaging book, Gawande, a medical...

About a year ago, I was in a meeting talking about my Peace Project, in which I visit conflict sites in the expansion of the American...

Well, here we go. I had found this wonderful quote regarding GRACE on a Facebook post some time ago, and I know I downloaded it......

The numbers do not match up. A New England Journal of Medicine study showed that 80% of people wish to die at home; however, only 30%...

Tuesday shortly after midnight, I heard the sirens of fire engines somewhere in town, muffled in the night, but the only sound to hear. A...

One day last month I walked from my dad's to my mom's apartment. It's about 2 1/2 miles, and I go along back roads as much as possible....

A month in Maine- rather, a January in Maine- will prove the value of Fire, specifically in the form of our Sun. Recollections of the...

Have you been on a Medicine Walk? How about a Medicine Walk to contemplate the transformative power of the Elements, one at a time? This...

The song we hear at this time of year. What is Auld Lang Syne? In standard English, according to Wikipedia, "Auld lang syne" can be...

Every month when I sit down to write a blog entry, there is no end of possibility for topics. Since 'tis the season, this month we'll...

"Care." "Self care." "Take care of your self so you can take care of others." "Take care." "Be careful." All those lines came into my...

Today I had the pleasure and blessing of being in a small group drum circle in which we journeyed on "empowering," "energy upgrading" and...