In jail, if you're trying to get some help, it's OK to say you're depressed but everyone learns very quickly, when they ask you if you've ever felt suicidal, you say NO. If you admit to that you're done for. They will isolate you. I had to have a 'lose it' episode before I got an... Continue Reading →
Writing my way out of depression
Now here's the truth. I love the idea of healthy eating and being healthy but I am not. I smoke tobacco. It is the only solace I have. It takes precedent over everything. When I'm down, I will get out there and get that tobacco even if I want to just go back to bed.... Continue Reading →
Paying it Forward – being good
PAYING IT FORWARD. When I got back from America, deported with one tiny suitcase [they wouldn't allow my husband to put any cash in the case] after five months in jail, the only money I had was $2 given to me by a fellow deportee who was being sent back to Argentina after 23 yrs.... Continue Reading →
No one is perfect
NO-ONE IS PERFECT yet how come so many of us work so hard at presenting a 'perfect' image to the world and how come so many of us make up that others are 'perfect I love permaculture and the solutions for living more gently on the earth. I am not a perfect permaculturist and never... Continue Reading →
When you don’t belong..
I sometimes feel like a tropical plant trying to grow in a temperate climate. It can seem as if there aren't enough of the nutrients I need to become who I truly am and grow into the huge mango tree I am destined to be. But I learned that like all re-rooted plants, they need to... Continue Reading →
Ritual Gatherings Community Spirit
Christmas? Does it really celebrate the spiritual. If it were a ritual to celebrate the birthing of Christ consciousness, love, and a resurrection of hope for this world how different would that be from The Holidays - a 100% enterprise designed to make us consume. Maybe Christmas should be renamed 'Stuffmas' as it no longer... Continue Reading →
My mother and the boiler breakdown
Nov 14 2013 The Boiler has gone out here again, after a repair yesterday. My mother is getting hysterical about everything going wrong while I look for phone number to call repair people. God there is so much crap when you have stuff that requires maintenance.. Our wood stove never broke down.. all we had... Continue Reading →