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Bereavement and End of Life My Land and Home Nature Political Action

Governor Cuomo: We Won’t Let You Frack New York

On August 27, 2012, people from all over New York State marched to the capital…

Bereavement and End of Life Family and Friends My Land and Home

Small Goodbyes: Opening the Heart to Loss and Love

Being alone was all right, as long as nobody came and left again.  — Das…

Bereavement and End of Life Family and Friends Health

Creating Community with Pie: Inspired by “Making Piece” by Beth Howard

Pie is community glue, its very own language of love. “That blueberry looks just like…

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Health My Land and Home Nature Political Action

Angry Faces, Churning Water: Fracking Industry Threatens Seneca Lake

In July 2012, Tony Ingraham of Walk in the Park made my blog “Angry Faces,…

Mastering the Kubota
Bereavement and End of Life My Land and Home

My Mysterious Home: Love, Loss and Continuing Bonds

When will the house need a roof? When does the septic tank need pumping? How…

Bereavement and End of Life Family and Friends My Land and Home Spirituality

Flowers for the Living, Flowers for the Dead

  "Go ahead. Arrange and rearrange the stones on top of your beloved’s grave. Keep…

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Bereavement and End of Life Family and Friends

Loneliness and Solitude in Grief: A guest blog by Marty Tousley

I recently discovered an outstanding website and blog titled Grief Healing by Marty Tousley, CNS-BC,…

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My Land and Home Political Action Spirituality

Civil Disobedience against the Vietnam War at Peace Bridge, Buffalo, NY: 1967

I lean into Vic, tucking my shoulder under his arm. Feeling me tremble, he unzips…

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My Land and Home Nature Political Action

Angry Faces, Placid Water: Fracking, LPG Gas Storage and Seneca Lake

It’s 9:30 pm when I hear from the speaker at the podium that the Inergy…

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Bereavement and End of Life Family and Friends

Why We Need Hospice Help with Bereavement and End of Life Issues

In late October 1959, the illness began as a simple cold and quickly moved to…