To my parents defense, they raised me with a great deal of common sense and by the time I reached my mid-twenties I had learned to be a bit jaded and not fall for the lot – most of the time anyway. Nevertheless, in my teens and early twenties, I […]
Chronic Lyme
In college at a summer leadership retreat in Michigan, I received a spectacular life altering gift. No, it wasn’t the racoons who came into our cabin univited each day. And it wasn’t the free square dancing lessons. As an artist, I take great delight in visual eye candy – not […]
Spectacular!!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but begin with the lack of knowledge about lyme, add in its complexities and vocabulary to my brain fog and I live in confusion. In Charlie Brown, when the teacher would talk, there were never actual words, just the weird sound of […]
Wa Wa Wa, Wah Wah Wah Wah
Calm Dragon, Move Mountains. It sounds like a Native American name, right? Its a new mantra that just adopted me – I’ll tell you how in a minute. I don’t know if any of you are fans of Dances with Wolves, or remember the character “Stands with a Fist”. I […]
Calm Dragon – Move Mountains
My Icing looks like Oatmeal….. I have had many challenges in creating food my family will eat in spite of all of our many food sensitivities and allergies. Birthdays being the worst offenders because I am not an excellent cook or baker but still want my kids to have a […]
My Icing Looks Like Oatmeal…..
I couldn’t even make it up if I tried, but today at the Wichita Flight Festival, we saw it with our own eyes. A custom school bus with 42,000 horse power rocket engine on the back raced and beat an airplane (by a mile, I might add). I’ve lived in […]