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Health & Wellness

BODY MIND SPIRIT: March 2023

How Do You Want To Be Remembered? Many years ago, when I was 19 or 20 and had been living in Denver, I made a

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: February 2023

Being In Awe An article in the New York Times speaks of the health benefits of AWE. The focus is on psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: January 2023

A Time For Reflections Time passes and on the 12-month cycle of one year, we have once again reached the end — of a year

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: December 2022

Tucked Inside When my sister and I were growing up on our grandmother’s farm in Missouri, the winters could be daunting. Not only cold, but

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: November 2022

When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy. Chinese Proverb The Joy of Kindness They say kindness is its own reward. And it’s

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: October 2022

The Magic of Water The importance of water to our health and well-being cannot begin to be explained in a few words such as this

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: September 2022

Happiness We have all been asked at some time in our lives, “What truly makes you happy?” Seems like a simple question and, to many,

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: August 2022

Life is Beautiful… “What would be there if this thought isn’t here?” —Gangaji That is if we let it be so. In these times of

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: June 2022

Bottle Babies When my husband and I moved here some 30+ years ago, neighbors were few and far between. Now, not only this area (El

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: May 2022

Re-Dreaming Re-DreamingMany of us have had dreams of how life could be. As a small child it is possible that there was something you wanted

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: April 2022

Collective Consciousness We live in a field of energy that is all around us and within us—everything is energy. That field of energy contains television

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: March 2022

MOVING TOWARD SPRING MOVING TOWARD SPRINGWe are no longer heading into winter, but moving toward spring and green things. New life, new beginnings, and perhaps

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: February 2022

SILENCE LOST When my husband and I first moved to New Mexico from Mammoth Lakes, California, some 34-plus years ago, we came in an RV.

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: January 2022

The Need to Grow After WWII, there was an excess of bomb-making material and nerve gas. Those bomb-making materials were repurposed and made into fertilizers.

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: December 2021

The Wisdom of the Heart I was speaking to my daughter yesterday and as we were chatting, we came upon the subject of an upcoming

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: December 2021

An Open Conversation It’s early morning as I write this and it is still dark out. I’m mulling over the division in our country, and

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: November 2021

An Open Conversation It’s early morning as I write this and it is still dark out. I’m mulling over the division in our country, and

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BODY MIND SPIRIT: October 2021

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? My grandmother Clemetine had a twin, Clem. Clem had a son, also named Clem. My cousin, Clem #2, was a

BODY MIND SPIRIT

BODY MIND SPIRIT: September 2021

I Remember I remember my younger years and see themfrom quite a distance now.I remember laughing till my sides hurt.I remember riding our old farm

BODY MIND SPIRIT

BODY MIND SPIRIT: August 2021

Our Wonderful Mysterious Body Have you ever stopped to think about what an amazing thing it is that a broken bone can regrow, or how