So do you remember when The Hunger Games came out in theaters and everyone was impressed with its colorful images of the future? The bold hair colors and clothes that were on fire but didn’t burn you. The different districts that were so very strange and unique. Yea, well the future doesn’t look likeContinueContinue reading “Remember The Hunger Games? Well, the Future Doesn’t Look Anything Like That!”
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WV The Last Man Standing during Coronavirus Outbreak
Many of us West Virginia Mountaineers shared in a joke or two this last week about why our state was the last to have the Coronavirus reported in our state. But many of us wonder about the underlying truth about why we are just now seeing reported cases. I suspect that we are behind inContinueContinue reading “WV The Last Man Standing during Coronavirus Outbreak”
A Different Presective on Life: Macular Degeneration.
So about two weeks ago I was told that the inherited eye disease that my family carries is beginning to do damage to my eyes too.The usual end result is legal blindness, although they say I may still be able to see some at the edges of my vision field. I am not sure if weContinueContinue reading “A Different Presective on Life: Macular Degeneration.”
Three in A Row; Spring Surgery 2017
Keeping a good out look on life is what I do,it is who I am. Tomorrow is my 3rd surgery in nine months for a verity of things that all need to be taken care of but are not at this point life threatening.It has been exhausting and I am thankful for all the recoveryContinueContinue reading “Three in A Row; Spring Surgery 2017”
Halloween visit to the haunted Lunatic Asylum
Visiting the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is my favorite place to explore as an artist and photographer.So when a friend explained a desire to see the huge building in person this Halloween, I was over joyed to share my love with them. So Oct 29th we spent the day exploring and learning about one ofContinueContinue reading “Halloween visit to the haunted Lunatic Asylum”
DIY, Roaster Chicken Stock, Bone Broth
Thanks to a meeting at work and the 35 people who attended I was able to make roster chicken stock. I normally only make stock from beef or deer bones because I rarely have more than a few bones at a time when we eat chicken. But with the remains of 5 roaster chickens itContinueContinue reading “DIY, Roaster Chicken Stock, Bone Broth”
Emotionally Drained and Ready for Change
The Month of November has really hit my family hard. It has brought us through a whirl wind of emotions and challenges and changes. The days have blown by with funeral activities and children’s parties. With our time spent comforting grieving family and friends,followed by happy school children in costumes, and a sick body fightingContinueContinue reading “Emotionally Drained and Ready for Change”
Fighting All My Fears with Karate.
It may seem a little odd for ( to quote my son) ” for an earth muffin hippy wanna be” to go find my health both mentally and physically in the art of Shotokan Karate. I know that on the surface my lifestyle seems to have no connections to my current studies of Marital Arts.ContinueContinue reading “Fighting All My Fears with Karate.”
The Beginning and the End
As the truth of the news sets in I fill with a choking pain. I do not know what to say and I have no idea what is going to happen in our families future. They don’t give instructions on how to deal with the cancer process. The results from Grandma chemo are the worst youContinueContinue reading “The Beginning and the End”
The Results are In and I am Not Sure How to Write About It.
As some of you already my Mother In Law was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer last year at this very same time. I was a long road for her with surgery, radiation, and months of recovery time over the summer and fall of last year. Things were looking great back in Nov. She was free fromContinueContinue reading “The Results are In and I am Not Sure How to Write About It.”
Mountain Mama Reads and Writes 