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Of Sailors and Sauerkraut

 

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“Oh no! It’s the scurvy! Arrgggh!!!!”Back in the days of big ships, with high masts and billowing sails, scurvy was one of the most dreaded ways for sailors to die.
It'd be easier to imagine the Scourge of the Sea referring to hurricane-force winds, big fish with big teeth, or pirates, but nope. Scurvy held the title. It was lethal and claimed the lives of an estimated 2 million sailors during a 300-year span. 
The disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C. The sy...

FarmaCOPEia: Pond Water Tea

 

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How do you prefer your pond water? Room temp and neat? On the rocks? With a twist of lemon? Shaken, not stirred?
Ponds are what Nee (my sister) and I learned to swim in. Two in this area were Eastville and Barefoot. Both look way different now, but back in the day, they were probably our favorite swimming holes, where we kept cool on hot summer days with our family and friends. 
However, today's post isn't featuring pond water from a favorite swimming hole. Instead, it's filt...

Trolls

 

They walk among us...

For centuries they’ve been the stuff of faery tales but in modern times, the term troll has been applied to humans who engage in a variety of acts, some of which are considered to be in poor taste, socially inappropriate and without integrity.

One specifically, I’m addressing in today’s edition, is regarding social media trolls.

Before I go further, I didn’t come up with the term, but when the shoe fits, I’ll employ it.

Social media trolls are people who use social media platf...

Ginger: The creepy-looking, good medicine!

 

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What is that ugly thing?An ingredient commonly found in tea and soups, breads and cookies. Too, it can be dried and crystallized into a chewy, healthy snack item. In the same form, it makes a wonderful and very effective (from personal experience and multiple testimonies from other users) easy-to-keep organic medicine to treat a wide array of ailments including (and especially) nausea associated with motion sickness and flu virus.  
Ginger may be a hooky-spooky lookin’ root ...

Music Therapy: Generations Jam

 

Back (L to R): Kevin Miley, Nathan Ramsey

Front (L to R): Billie Zehner, Kathy Smith, Joyce Turnbow, Sarah Patterson

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Gospel: The common thread
A while back, Maumee GB Church (Johnson, Indiana) launched a weekly Gospel jam session. It’s all-inclusive, for anyone wanting to join in, whether they attend Maumee, or not.
Since then, participation has grown, and now has folks in their teens up to (so far) 90 years old! 
Elder Bill Krohn is a retired deacon of Lighthouse Assembly of Go...

A God-Wink

 

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The image aboveOne day I was lying on the floor of my sister's van, heading from a skilled care unit at a rehab center to the hospital, for another of what would become several surgical procedures.
So many things were going on in my life, health-wise, adding up to one shock after another.

I'd had an emergency surgery a few weeks prior. Learned I had cancer. Spent Christmas and New Year's in a hospital and rehab center. I was weak, feeling so sick, and in less than two hours, ...

OstomyLife: Those inspirational littles!

 

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Sooooo many ostomates!When I first discovered other ostomates (people with ostomies (aka stomas), I learned the global ostomate community was a huge blessing. They freely share their knowledge and experience with folks who are brand new to stoma life and are just beginning their adventures in how to live with a stoma. Some adapt quickly. Others are hampered by a plethora of health challenges making it very difficult. Others are caregivers to folks (like children) who can’t ...

Earthing: Hype or sus?

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Bare feet...Walk them on grass, sand, stones, moss, and clover. No spa needed.
It’s one of those simple pleasures loads of folks enjoy. Until a couple years ago, I wasn’t aware that there was more to it than the feeling of freedom and the natural bit of acupressure it provided. 
I’ve developed a habit of taking some time as often as I can to stroll through the front lawn in bare feet. It’s usually free of rocks and sand burrs, making it a very comfy place to...

Earthing: Hype or sus?

Image via Cromaconceptovisual of Pixabay ​Bare feet... ​Walk them on grass, sand, stones, moss, and clover. No spa needed.

It’s one of those simple pleasures loads of folks enjoy. Until a couple years ago, I wasn’t aware that there was more to it than the feeling of freedom and the natural bit of acupressure it provided. 

I’ve developed a habit of taking some time as often as I can to stroll through the front lawn in bare feet. It’s usually free of rocks and sand burrs, making it a very c...

OstomyLife: Those inspirational littles!

My 20-year-old teddy bear, "Hugs", sporting one of my ostomy pouches. (He's such a cutie!) When I first discovered other ostomates (people with ostomies (aka stomas ), I learned the global ostomate community was a huge blessing. They freely share their knowledge and experience with folks who are brand new to stoma life and are just beginning their adventures in how to live with a stoma. Some adapt quickly. Others are hampered by a plethora of health challenges making it very difficult. Othe...