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Sister Visit!
Saturday, August 08, 2020 51 comments Got up early, headed out for an hour+ drive to visit with my beloved sister in a park midway between her house and mine. Remotely, of course!! We are in touch every day, sometimes several times a day . . . but there is nothing like a fac... Read more
Until Tuesday: Luis Carlos Montalvan
Friday, August 07, 2020 29 comments www.goodreads.com/book/s how/10393675-until-tuesday Recently arrived at my house -- a belated birthday gift from my dear son, with shipment COVID delayed -- is this wonderful 2011 book by Luis Carlos Montalvan, called "U... Read more
Samfundssind . . . Love Thy Neighbour
Thursday, August 06, 2020 34 comments www.bbc.com/worklife/art icle/20200802-how-the-long -forgotten-word-samfundssi n-rallied-a-nation Thank you MOLLIEMAC!! She sent me the link above about the Danish concept of ‘Samfundssind’ which is a compound nou... Read more
Obesity Canada Resources
Wednesday, August 05, 2020 49 comments Obesity Canada -- which put out those new guidelines redefining obesity that I blogged about yesterday -- has an absolutely amazing website!! obesitycanada.ca/ Of course I don't know if it works "only in Canada" -- I hope not... Read more
New Obesity Guidelines
Tuesday, August 04, 2020 61 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ canada/article-obesity-not -defined-by-ones-weight-or -size-new-guidelines-say/ What is obesity? Based upon some 500,000 peer reviewed scientific studies, Obesity Canada is now saying, ver... Read more
Individual Liberty and the Evolution of Consciousness
Monday, August 03, 2020 23 comments I've just finished reading former Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's wonderful memoir, "Truth Be Told". www.amazon.ca/Truth-Be-T old-Journey-Through/dp/198 2104961 She is a brilliant person -- wi... Read more
Rainy Morning on the Verandah!
Sunday, August 02, 2020 34 comments 
So kind of my peeps to put that big water dish conveniently close to the verandah . . . and to raise it up like that too!!
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Whew!!!
Saturday, August 01, 2020 31 comments Henry's burrs seem to be pretty much all removed, patiently and over time . . . and he thinks you all for your kind concern. I'll keep checking the "burr patch" area but so far he's not been acquiring any more, so I'm hopeful too that I've got ... Read more
Burrzies In His Furrzies!!!
Friday, July 31, 2020 39 comments Yesterday I spent two hours in the back yard pulling out burr plants and packing them down into three large leaf bags. Thankfully the roots release quickly. But yeah. Solid, I had to drag the bags across the yard to the garage, couldn't lift ... Read more
Mental Toughness for Survival
Thursday, July 30, 2020 32 comments mentaltoughnessblog.com/ uncategorized/hang-tough-t he-tide-will-turn/?utm_sou rce=rss&utm_medium=rss &utm_campaign=hang-tou gh-the-tide-will-turn& utm_source=rss&utm_med ium=rss&utm_campaign=h ... Read more
The Truth About Obesity: Shout Out to MOLLIEMAC!!
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 55 comments www.sparkpeople.com/mypa ge_public_journal_individu al.asp?blog_id=6691417 MOLLIEMAC recently blogged about a wonderful documentary on the topic of obesity -- near and dear to the hearts of many in the Sparkie communi... Read more
Caroline Randall Williams: Shout Out to PHOENIX1949
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 25 comments www.nytimes.com/2020/06/ 26/opinion/confederate-mon uments-racism.html A comment from PHOENIX1949 on the John Lewis blog yesterday alerted me to this remarkably powerful piece of writing by American poet Caroline Rand... Read more
John Lewis 1940-2020
Monday, July 27, 2020 65 comments www.youtube.com/watch?v= qfZVu0alU0I Remember this one . . . from the 60s? What a weekend of protests across the USA and worldwide. What an incredibly moving image of the John Lewis funeral cortege across ... Read more
Stretch and Balance
Friday, July 24, 2020 51 comments There are lots of fans of simple in Spark Land! As simple as possible . . . but not simpler! Certainly I'm keeping it simple with my exercise routine! Not changing it up. Not trying to do more. Same ol' same ol'. Four sets of 10 "pla... Read more « First Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 Last Page » |
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A new Albert Einstein quote for me . .. tripped over this idea while listening to a Michael Neill podcast yesterday . . . and I like it!!
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