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Beat the Heat / Beef Stew / Toppings on the StreetOh, the Palo Verde is off to the right and above me... basically, the shade maker (of sorts). And I am still in the garage. Today was the warmest... -
Beat the Heat / Beef Stew / Toppings on the StreetWhat type of tree is that in the park @Howard? I looked up Palo Verde tree but not sure it is the same as the one in your photo. Amazing sky in... -
I Miss Movement as an OutletI should try the mental movement thing more, for some reason I'm resistant to doing it. Maybe the energetic cost of concentrating, dunno... -
I Miss Movement as an OutletI love Tai chi! It was taught free at a park across the street when I was newly ill. Went to one class and that was all I could do. Amazing you...
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I had a very difficult go with our psychiatric system and their medications (for severe panic disorder and episodes of depression) and ultimately I believe, for me, they massively contributed to me becoming unwell. My downfall began in this same window. And although I won’t get into it as I...
Told the doc i STILL have sinus infection. He asked if I have spring allergies. No ,i said, and the allergies I get dont give me thick green secretions every day. He nodded his head yes in agreement- but offered no suggestion or advice
I show him scalp and showed him
How just touching my hair...
I was listening to half life by arcade fire lots this weekend and then this Khalil Gibran poem came to me Sunday.
One of my favorite poets.
Thought I would share. 💛
“Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
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Recently, i was left alone for 3 days BUT with my children this time. One is 18 and requires a different kind of attention to the newly turned 9 year old. This may be a normal week for most mothers....but not me. I am not most mothers because i am unable mostly to take care of myself. BUT i have...
Somewhat surprisingly, I'd never actually been to the Music Instrument Museum - despite having collected, played, and recorded a wide variety of musical instruments for my own music-making purposes. So of course, I was just about due. And again, now that I'm capable of experiencing "out there" I...
It's 11:07 a.m. and she's not there. Who is she? And why is she important? Well, the idea was that someone would come along with me, a person to assist out and about and around downtown Phoenix and vicinity. Could I have gotten away without the assistance? Probably. Maybe. But things would have...
I feel like one of the things I’ve been cultivating more and more, is learning to listen within. Initially it was partially by force (from bizarre after bizarre circumstances ) and then, more recently cultivating new ways, by choice. Using new tools. Learning to trust myself.
If there is...
Things are different since covid. I will add to this list as I remember. I do not though consider any of this to be long covid. Note on the last entry on hair loss there are some great comments there i still have not had the mental effort to respond to
Massive hair loss
white hairs for firdt...
“Could it be I was the one that you held so deep in the night
On the back staircase you fell to your knees with tears in your eyes
All that you suffered, all the disease
You couldn't hide it, hide it from me
All alone scared in your room, would you swear there's nobody home
On the bed laying...
Two of the most exciting things to have happened to me in 6 years of the land of bed… have occurred in past 2 weeks.
Would you like to know?
I’m sure you do.
Number one, my friend made me a gf df casserole I could eat for Easter!!!!!! I felt so amazing and included and it was SO yummy...
A little journey:
In 2019, i was connected to a woman locally whom my cousin told me was from her church and had lyme disease. Her name is Laney. She began messaging me in a crisis state with a one year old in spring on 2019 and i wished her well as soon as she became stabilized in hell. As...
So when I run my fingers through my hair I realized I was pulling out fistfuls I mean not tugging on them they just come out there everywhere by the handful by the fist full started a couple of days ago.
Looked it up Happens in 10% of Covid patients. It’s the general phenomenon where sudden...
A rotten streak of 18 consecutive days and nights has unceremoniously reached its end. Hooray for that. Now instead of debilitating awfulness, I am simply contending with a new roommate who snores louder than loud for periods no less than 12 hours at a time. But that's something I can contend...
Sunday morning vibes ✨🙏☀️
“Today in this song we will be chanting to the deity, Ganesha. This is an invocation to that which removes obstacles, helps us clear the path and release anything that is standing in our way, that we no longer feel we need to be holding.
And so as we invoke the...
Was six weeks yesterday “celebratibg” covid start
my connective tissues hurting everywhere, started ankles and wrists abd quickly became neck shoukders elbows hips , thighs and of coylyrse knees calves now too
too many possibilities to list. And im too tired to So i guess im tired too
worst...
I do not believe Lewis Carroll actually said this but I was always quite fond of Alice in wonderland for a great many years. I am sure I find comfort in parts of it since at times I can relate to her falling down a black hole.
I haven’t been left alone for an extensive amount of time recently…...
Hello dear friends!
I was missing for awhile due to strange and significant technology issues. But some things have been resolved on multiple fronts so that’s cause for celebration! I do hope you guys are all doing well this week of the spring equinox and taking good care of your body and minds...
Crime and Punishment
Back when I could read for enjoyment, Dostoyevsky placed near the top on my short list of favorite authors (Also belonging in that group were Jack Kerouac, Hunter Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk, and of course, the best of the bunch, William Burroughs - but that...
Sorry- I’m not usually crude but forgot about this website
https://www.enttoday.org/article/restoring-microbial-balance-key-to-keeping-sinuses-healthy/?singlepage=1
Like the guy ho cured his ear infection with healthy ear wax, perhaps i need to recolonize my nose with pre covid/bacterial...
Normally, i can’t even skip one meal Without getting sick. During covid, I ate almost nothing for a week. I had not really appreciated that perhaps the long fast allowed some of my gut to heal but now near five weeks later I experience for the first time a return of an old gut and brain...