“I Am” – A 10-Year Old Boy’s Poem About Aspergers

April Dinners for Two

Love the pork chop recipe doing that for dinner tonight. Thanks:)

Purrsday Poetry: Freedom by Brenda

Poor Buddy nice poem

A Druid’s Primer on Land Healing, Part VII: Self Care and Land Healing

Thanks for another great post on nature and what we can do to make things better

Dana's avatarThe Druid's Garden

Today’s post continues my long series in land healing (see earlier posts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), and given the heaviness of the last few weeks of posts, today, I wanted to delve into how to do this healing work and to stay happy, healthy, and sane. Today, I want to explore and voice some of these mental health concerns and share strategies for coping, addressing, and action.  And so, in this post, we’ll look first at some challenges to help us frame these overall issues, including the concept of solstalgia, and then we’ll explore a wide range of ways that we can engage in self-care on these issues: Having the tools and cultivating hope, supporting our adrenals and physical bodies with plants, supporting our souls with healing retreats and escapes, daily protective workings, working with the energies of light and life…

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Mystery Mondays: Teagan Riordain Geneviene on What’s In A Name?

I like this idea of finding names. I usually wait for my animals and characters to “tell me their names” ok so I am strange.

Kristina Stanley's avatarKristina Stanley

With a name as beautiful as Teagan Riordain Geneviene, you may well ask, what’s in a name? Well Teagan, author of ATONEMENT TENNESEE,  is here on Mystery Mondays to tell you.

At the bottom of the post, Teagan has some interesting questions for you, so keep reading…

What’s in a Name?

Hi Kristina. Thanks for inviting me to your Mystery Mondays.

Brain-NamesWhat do you think about names – generally? Or do you think about them? Most people don’t. I however, could really enjoy a big metaphysical discussion about names, but that’s not where I’m headed here. When I started this blog, I promised myself I’d stick to things related to writing or my books.

Names are incredibly important in life and in fiction. The names of my pets were something I chose very carefully, to suit them.

I’m just as meticulous in choosing the names of my characters. The…

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