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Ladyinhershoes — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:02:39 -0500

Ladyinhershoes, I say you are doing a wonderful thing and your heart is in the right place.

It's no wonder half of America has chronic conditions

Cherre — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:35:54 -0500

Maybe we've lived this long but who isn't on some kind of sleep med or anxiety pill or has some kind of food allergy? What's the cause? Maybe all these weird chemicals in our system. I do try to get off the grid a little, I like how you said that. There's nothing wrong with using vinegar and baking powder to unclog a drain. Or sesame oil instead of moisturizer. Sometimes it can be cheaper than the commercial product, for sure! I wrote about the sesame oil here: http://doesabodygood.blogspot.com/2009/01/ayurveda-skincare-and-not-slipping-in.html

scary, huh?

kazari — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:10:37 -0500

You could always take Linda Cockburn's example. Her website is here:

http://www.lintrezza.com/

They turned a suburban block outside of Brisbane into an (almost) self-sustaining permaculture garden. And she has some fun things to say about soap. And goats.

After that experiment, they bought a bigger block in Tasmania.

Oh yeah, they have a child, too, who seems pretty happy with most of the things they do. And the goat.

I wonder how any of us have lived as long as we have!

KellyJaye — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:29:27 -0500

I thought I had heard it all....

STLtoday.com article -- "JEFFERSON CITY, MO.: Libraries scoff at warning of lead ink in books"

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/F2BCCA6DBAA86DA88625757D0014D283?OpenDocument

LOL!

SCanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:06:59 -0500

You took the words right out of my mouth. It seems like everything is killing us these days. I've considered "hermetting up," as I call it quite a few times. The life of a forest-dwelling hermit sometimes seems like the sane idea...at least to me. Anywho, homemade soap? Miller's Soap Page is really informative and caters to newbies. You need some extra space to make homemade soap, but when you go off the grid, that won't be a problem. Maybe we'll bump into each other. I'll be the crazy looking one with twigs in my hair mumbling about killer spinach.

The Sky is Falling

mochadad — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:57:30 -0500

My mother-in-law is constantly e-mailing us articles about the dangers of everything. Because of all of the toxins and poisons in the world, she only eats organic chicken breasts, oatmeal, and romaine lettuce everyday.

Mocha Dad

www.mochadad.com

first blog

where did i leave my keys — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:59:14 -0500

Thanks for the note. I'm just figuring out how to get 'round all the sit. Liking it so far.

Congrats on your first post!

futureblackmail — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:54:30 -0500

Congrats on your first post! You obviously have such a strong spirit.

Thank you

SkylarKD — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:22:28 -0500

Thank you for writing this. It's a wake-up call for us all.

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Facing mom's death

improvamama — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:56:20 -0600

My mom died when I was 16 and becoming a mom has stirred the emotional pot every which way...and I do get thinking about what would happen if I died and during these first two years, the thought that I might leave her with no memory of me broke my heart. Reading even part of Lisa's blog - tears aplenty and thoughts about those girls who are facing losing their mom. I know for me, it was a gift to be with my mom as she was dying and by her side when she died. She wrote a book during her last months - just for family - and I treasure my copy, absolutely what I would grab (after my kiddo, of course) if the house was on fire. That book, the record of her thoughts, her voice, her working her way through her mortality has been sustaining to me and a way for me to "visit" with her as I've gotten older. I see her in my siblings, in my daughter, in myself. My memories of her help me through some really tough times...and the loss of her makes other tough times even harder. No matter what, her willingness to face her death, to talk about it, to write about it and to let us be with her has made all the difference in my life. I hope I never need to call on her as a role model to leave a young one, and at the same time, I can only hope I would have her courage to do it.

Susan

www.improvamama.com

When I read this, it was as

Katie-and-Spencer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:34:30 -0600

When I read this, it was as if you read my mind. I read Clusterfook, and when I read yesterday that her death was imminent, I lost my breath.

I'm a single mother and one of my biggest fears, after something happening to my daughter, is dying and leaving her all alone. I can't imagine anything worse than her father raising her.

So much about death is our of our control, and to think about my body betraying me and knowing there is no way to fix it - that scares the hell out of me. It's always in the back of my mind that I need to be careful because I can't leave her; and I wasn't always like this- I used to think I was invincible. But incubating her, birthing her, mothering her- it's a constant reminder of how fragile life is, how fragile we are.
Thanks for writing this, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who thinks about these kind of things.

http://www.katieandspencer.com/

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Muhkayla — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:32:29 -0600

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for blogging about your problems (lol, who thought someone would thank you for them and not be sarcastic). It's just, my problems aren't nearly as bad, but no matter how big or little your problems may be, the loneliness, the anxiety, just the absolute hopelessness that comes from them feels like armageddon in each of our own little worlds. It sucks! And, somehow, reading your article made me feel a little less lonely, so thanks, and good luck! <3

I first learned about this

wilkinae — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:05:50 -0600

I first learned about this disease in early 2008 from a magazine I get called Conservation Magazine. The news about the vaccine only went up on the NYTimes website yesterday, but it offers hope that scientists can save the species. I hope the rest of Dr. Woods' research goes well and he can save the Tassie devil!

Awe

Denise — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:57:46 -0600

They're cute! And, I had no idea that they had this problem. (Apparently I do not read enough science bloggers since TW is saying "of course, there was a huge story about it a couple of years ago.")

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

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Britt Bravo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:00:33 -0500

How fun! Thanks for posting about these Fade2Black!