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Surviving and healing despite the toxic stress of crazy political times, environmental degradation, chronic Lyme disease and aging.

• Zen SwingAugust 24, 2025
  I am finally figuring out that helping solve or lessen my insomnia issues starts in the morning. I have already adopted some healing techniques to help calm my central nervous system, such as walking my cat and dog in the mornings, as the sun is rising. I gratefully take in the flocks of birds flyingContinue reading “Zen Swing”
• Restful UnrestAugust 17, 2025
  I haven’t slept through the night since contracting Lyme disease in 2008. Tinnitus, neuropathy, anxiety, night sweats, palpitations and apneas are my unwanted nighttime companions. I have tried numerous sleep hygiene tips. There is no cell phone in my room. I wear an eye mask. There is fresh air. There is a gentle ocean wavesContinue reading “Restful Unrest”
• The Mind and the Body are OneAugust 16, 2025
  I don’t know why it has taken me 65 years to question my addiction-like draw to toxic stress. It was easily fueled during my park ranger days, with a portable law enforcement radio microphone cord woven through an epaulet on my uniform shirt, feeding me a stream of law enforcement contacts and radio calls, orContinue reading “The Mind and the Body are One”

“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

Mary Oliver. My favorite poet. She stayed astonished by nature her whole life and shared her joys and sorrows with the world.