>>>  I have been diagnosed with breast cancer, caught very early during a routine mammmogram, PLEASE go annually as I had missed 3 years and had I missed one more year the outcome would be a lot different. Do not take a chance on missing something in its early stages. My article Life/Death part 2 talks about the reality of breast cancer and what happens if it occurs plz read! For more information regarding Breast Cancer please follow this link to the American Breast Cancer Foundation.  http://abcf.org/

>>>>If you have a family member or spouse who is chemically dependent(whether or not they are sober) please join Alanon and learn how to regain some of your own balance, your own contentment,.   DO not let drugs or alcohol call the shots for your life and happiness. Just remember the dependent person listens to the call of a substance instead of you or life, that need not be what calls to you.    

*** Just a passing thought, I am currently reading everything by the writer, poet, artist, Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing down the bones. I cannot help but admire this icon of writing success.  If I were to have a writing heroine she would be at the top of my list.

>>>>Summer has fled running away from the cold breezes and icy snow drifts. Now the world becomes noisy with holiday lights, gifts, family and the promise of peace on earth to men of good will. It is all bustle and hustle for a time, then grows quieter awaiting the pale green that is the harbinger of spring.