Prelude to winter canning recipes
Don’t you love the change of season? Especially here in Middle Cali, where there’s a hint o’ green to mark the second of our two… Read More »Prelude to winter canning recipes
Autogenic training — calming the CNS in the nicest possible way
I have to fling this file up onto my site and write the supporting material later. I’m trying to do a lot on very little… Read More »Autogenic training — calming the CNS in the nicest possible way
Living without hope – tasks and aftereffects
I lived without hope for years. Years. It was weird to look around one day and realize I had no hope, and that I hadn’t… Read More »Living without hope – tasks and aftereffects
Home
Too big a subject for one blog post, but I’ll try. If this gets poetical, there’s a reason. The home of my youth, Egypt in… Read More »Home
Preparing for winter in “Settler summer”
I’m too conscientious a historian to call it Indian summer, when the normally pleasant California shoulder season turns murderously hot. I’m cleaning up, getting rid… Read More »Preparing for winter in “Settler summer”
Treating CRPS enough to have a life
Someone asked a question on social media that led to my doing a brain-dump on the basic format of current treatment for CRPS. This will… Read More »Treating CRPS enough to have a life
Un Crossed
Note – For legal reasons, this article is explicitly labeled an opinion piece. Quotes are used with prior permission of the author. I’ve written of… Read More »Un Crossed
Learning to stand: t’ai chi, qi gong, and unscrambling the CNS
About 15 years ago, I studied shaolin kung fu with Ted Mancuso at the Academy of Martial Arts in Santa Cruz. I was outrageously lucky… Read More »Learning to stand: t’ai chi, qi gong, and unscrambling the CNS
Humbling invitation
I’ve been invited to ride in the funeral cortége of the man I helped code last week. It’s a semi-public occasion, as he was a… Read More »Humbling invitation
Move slowly, stay happy… except when pushing one and a half to two inches straight down on the lower half of the sternum
We went to a great farmer’s market, where J got me a ceviche tostada that had to be tasted to be believed. I got a… Read More »Move slowly, stay happy… except when pushing one and a half to two inches straight down on the lower half of the sternum