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Kairos Network Blog: Stories and Essays on Death and Dying from Healthcare Professionals has picked up the story posted on Virtual Teahouse two years ago called: Douglas Firs Were Our Sanctuary. This edition is slightly edited and the collages were not able to be included. But the Andreya’s story (“A”) continues to ripple out into [...]
From Patti Digh and David Robinson, The Circle Project, www.thecircleproject.com Click here to download the poster. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
I am honored that the story of my 94 year old grandmother Verna’s near death experience is included in this compilation. Available through Amazon on Kindle and in paperback. Click on the picture for a direct Amazon link. You can also read my story on Finding Ground site: Closer Than Our Own Skin If you’d like [...]
Guest post from Elizabeth Stauder. Liz lives in Central Oregon, but even as a young adult, she knows that her home is the world. She has just returned from living for eight months in Guatemala. During the time she was gone, her beloved friend Penny, a beautiful Golden Retriever, who had come into Liz’s life as a puppy on [...]
Cartoon by David Sipress in The New Yorker From Dave Pollard’s Links for the Month of July on his blog ‘how to save the world’ Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Guest post from Bonnie Lamont. Bonnie has posted poetry on the VTH in the past. She lives as a vibrant 70-something in Bend, Oregon. Letting Go, and the Slippery Slope to Truth…. Four years ago I began a determined quest for truth, in a bitterly cold and bleak winter month. I had designated this month [...]
Ethiopian Journal 6-16-11 Linda Johnson’s journals from Ethiopia. See part 1 for more information. After nearly 3 days of frustration, Dick was finally able to fly to Rome to meet his wife. He did a remarkable job of being productive while he was here for the extra days, but I could feel his strong desire [...]
Linda Johnson’s journals from Ethiopia. See part 1 for more information. Ethiopian Journal 6-11-11 I haven’t written in a few days—have been coming down with an intestinal thing and have just been exhausted. Will try to capture the highlights of the past few days. On Friday morning, Dick and I went to Black Lion Hospital, [...]
Linda Johnson’s journals from Ethiopia. See part 1 for more information. Ethiopian Journal 6-9-11 The past 48 hours have been incredible, challenging, and very emotional for me. The best way I can think to describe it is when deepest dreams meet natural gifts to become reality. More of an explanation is in order. The pace [...]
Linda Johnson’s journals from Ethiopia. See part 1 for more information. Ethiopian Journal, June 6, 2011 I had yet another amazing night last night at dinner. We went for Italian food at a wonderful restaurant nestled in the midst of a large art gallery. There were scads of oil paintings from prominent Ethiopian artists on [...]