NYTimes What Deathbed Visions Teach Us About Living Researchers are documenting a phenomenon that seems to help the dying, as well as those they leave behind. By Phoebe Zerwick — March 12, 2024 Chris Kerr was 12 when he first observed a deathbed vision. His memory of that summer in 1974 is blurred, but not … Continue reading What A Great Way To Go!
The Guardian — Dec. 20, 2023 I’m Israeli, my ex-husband is Palestinian – and our union has never been stronger At this moment, no one understands our pain better than one another. My ex-husband and I are both clinging to what’s most familiar: the two of us, our kids, our family It’s a Monday afternoon … Continue reading An Israeli-Palestinian Family Faces The War, Clings Together
Lyon Park in autumn is no match for Flaming Vermont. But In The Yard, we’ve still got lots of seasonal Carolina color. Pause for a moment and breathe it in . . . . First Up — This is Old Fashioned Weigela, which has been blooming off and on since spring. On it is one … Continue reading The Fall Floral Festival is Afoot In The Yard
[NOTE: I’ve followed the Graedons and their People’s Pharmacy articles for some years. I’ve also cited them to various doctors, who mostly scoffed; The Graedons are not “members of the club.” But they know the fields, cite sources for everything, and while they support home remedies with track records, are not antivaxxers or suchlike. This … Continue reading Let’s Eat! Fat, Chocolate, Eggs, Dairy, Meat, Butter: Everything You Thought You Knew Is (Possibly) Wrong; Or At Least More Complicated
NOTE: Last December, according to credible local reports, there were almost 69,000 homeless people sleeping in New York City shelters nightly; the number of homeless people there has been steadily increasing. In the same period, informal but plausible estimates are that seven times as many “feral” (aka homeless) cats wander the city, and their numbers … Continue reading Forsaken Felines: Homeless Cats In the Big City