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Becoming more self-reliant

Thanks. Now it is late October I am doing some necessary work, replenishing soil and digging out perennial weeds. Unfortunately the weather in Britain is not good at the moment, we took the edge of the big storm of a few days ago. [We in the ...

frankbeswick, on 10/30/2013

Wire Wrapped Jewelry

jptanabe, Thank you for sharing your husband's artistry. His creations are gorgeous. I've always loved carnelian, and I now cherish Howlite, the "tranquility stone"!

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/29/2013

Jules Gravereaux and Roseraie du Val-de-Marne: A Paradise of the World's Roses in France

jptanabe, Jules Gravereaux's garden was a wonder of the world at the beginning of the 20th century. It's wonderful that the garden is being maintained. Thank you for appreciating this tribute to Jules Gravereaux and his fabulous garden.

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/29/2013

Becoming more self-reliant

frankbeswick, Congratulations on your self-sufficiency via gardening and other endeavors, such as mending! Your plot looks lush, green, healthy, and abundant in variety. For me it's important not to lose touch with the land, which affirms a ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/29/2013

Daucus carota: From Wild Dark Carrot to Cultivated Orange Carrot

frankbeswick, Congratulations on your exuberantly growing carrots, and please accept my sympathies on your loss of the seedlings. Carrots can be temperamental sometimes. I always pair them with their pals, tomatoes, which guarantees bumper crops ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/29/2013

Fibromyalgia and Suicide

I started a blog of my issues of fibromyalgia. I don't have any followers yet, but I would love to add this to it. I have tried to commit suicide over 8 X in my life. Not succeeding obviously... ...

Wendy, on 10/29/2013

Fibromyalgia and Suicide

Thank you for sharing..........i wish i knew one person whom understood this condition.......it truly is a invisable disease

joan, on 10/29/2013

Arkansas Travels: A Pictorial Tour of Mammoth Spring Park

Thank you!

AbbyFitz, on 10/29/2013

Arkansas Travels: A Pictorial Tour of Mammoth Spring Park

That Waterfall Mousepad would make a great gift for someone who likes to visit Mammoth Springs. I'm pinning this one to my "See the World" board.

ologsinquito, on 10/29/2013

Jules Gravereaux and Roseraie du Val-de-Marne: A Paradise of the World's Roses in France

Some really beautiful rose gardens! Thanks for sharing.

jptanabe, on 10/29/2013

Talking to Somebody Who is Deaf in One Ear

I had no idea about the difficulties of being deaf in one ear. I never realized it would make it impossible to hear a person talking when the TV is on. Mostly I find it difficult to carry on a conversation with the TV on anyway, so there ...

jptanabe, on 10/29/2013

Fibromyalgia and Suicide

Thank You so much for all this information! I know I have had fibromyalgia all my life, even as a child. I've had suicidal thought all my life, even in the 1st grade. I was brought up Catholic ...

Gayle S. Mistretta, on 10/29/2013

Fibromyalgia and Suicide

I needed to hear this because I was thinking that this was worse than death . You don't die from fribromyalia you just wish for death and don't have a life

Angela Fry , on 10/29/2013

Corruption in the church:reflections on scandal

Thanks, Cazort. You can see that I dislike the blend of religion and power. Religion and politics go together, as religion has a vision for society, but it must never be imposed by power, because the love of power corrupts religion, because it ...

frankbeswick, on 10/29/2013

Fibromyalgia and Suicide

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am so sorry that anyone knows what this feels like, but also glad not to be alone in this!!

Cindy, on 10/29/2013