Reblogged from Let's Get in Shape Together: Mushrooms, along with cruciferous vegetables and onions are another Super Food! Mushrooms are not a vegetable, but rather are classified as fungi. Yes, I agree, that sounds gross, but mushrooms have amazing anti cancer and disease preventing properties. Mushrooms have a long history dating back to the ancient … Continue reading »
Nature's Little Secret – Lemons and Limes
Reblogged from : by Kim Pullon, CNS While oranges straight from Mother Nature’s medicine cabinet are an obvious choice for healing all sorts of maladies, both lemons and limes are its underrated and often forgotten siblings. Lemons are rich in vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Limes are higher in vitamin C than lemons also … Continue reading »
Report finds increase in "kinship care" over the last decade
Reblogged from The Education Blog: More children are living with grandparents and other relatives, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. In Rhode Island, an estimated 6,000 children are in that situation. Rhode Island Kids Count Executive Director Elizabeth Burke Bryant says it’s not always easy for grandparents or aunts and … Continue reading »
The Controversial Placebo Effect of Antidepressants
Reblogged from Kmareka.com: The article linked below captures many facets of the complicated beast known as psychiatry under the influence of corporate pressure from Big Pharma. In particular what struck me were the descriptions of how colleagues of Irving Kirsch, whose research exposes that antidepressants on the whole are no more effective than placebo, have … Continue reading »
Rhode Island Schools Removing 'Pink Slime' from the Menu
Reblogged from Kmareka.com: You may remember the video we posted a few weeks back about Pink Slime. I’m happy to report that we were part of the national momentum of disgust that has prompted the right response from our state: School removing ‘pink slime’ from the menu | Turn to 10. Winning the war on … Continue reading »
Come to my Free 6-week Writing Workshop Using the Archetypes
UPDATE: This workshop starts tonight! Looking forward to it! Innocent ❂ Wounded Child Warrior ❂ Caregiver Explorer ❂ Soul Mate ❂ Destroyer ❂ Artist Leader ❂ Guru ❂ Healer ❂ Fool “Creative Writing Through the Archetypes” a 6-Week Writing Workshop When: starting Thursday, April 5th, 2012, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Where: William H. … Continue reading »
Video: April Fool's Day - Ten Infamous Hoaxes
Reblogged from NiagaraHub: When played correctly, April Fool’s Day can be a wonderful holiday. Its always fun to pull a harmless prank… very soul fulfilling. Here is a celebration of some of the best: Happy April Fool’s Day!
My Two Left Thumbs
Reblogged from Get Write Down To It: While texting was technically invented in the early nineties, it only started to gain widespread popularity in the last six years (or so). For five out of those six years, I was perched high atop my soapbox, proclaiming that texting would be the death of all meaningful human … Continue reading »
The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction - NYTimes.com
Reblogged from Kmareka.com: Why (some of us) love fiction and feel like it is more powerful than real life at times. The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction – NYTimes.com.
"I do not know . . ."
Reblogged from Truss Communicate's Blog: I’ve been on spring break this week, so instead of writing my own post, I’ve decided to share another excerpt from one of my favorite authors, Dr. Atul Gawande. Gawande discusses the difficulty—and the inevitability—of uncertainty in medicine, something for which both doctors and patients have not been well socialized … Continue reading »
