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Health.

Partial locavore

Living in Alaska, it's hard to be a complete locavore. But I'm glad to be able to be a least a partial locavore, thereby reducing my carbon footprint, supporting Alaska farmers, & getting some really great local produce.
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Alaska Love Poem

In 1984, during my troubled early twenties, I fell in love with a friend of mine. This poem was written to her. But it's especially a poem about how I came to love myself, & to give up my former self-hatred.
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A box of produce, & homemade sauerkraut

More about community supported agriculture, & my very own homemade sauerkraut.
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Local farmers, local food

My first box of produce from Glacier Valley Farm CSA is cause to celebrate — not just good food, but also the connection that comes from supporting local farmers. Thank you, farmers of Mat-Su.
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Actually, I kinda like clouds…

Clouds are actually really beautiful, when I'm not feeling grey. A little about the aha! experience of 1984, when I permanently came out of my former self-hatred.
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Pausing under the clouds: A how-to guide for getting out of the grey

Hungry, angry, lonely, tired: some of the things to be mindful about when life starts looking like shit. Again.
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My story of 2009

Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours.
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It’s all just an act… or maybe not

My last trip into the pit — my name for the worst form of depression/despair I sometimes go into — was in November & December 2007. Want to know what it feels like? I'll try to explain. And also how I get out of it.
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Saturn is Heavier in My Dreams

Saturn is Heavier in My Dreams My head’s getting squashed again, all low and squat like I lived on Saturn or someplace like that, where the planet is heavy, and a woman from Earth can’t lift her head. My feet drag like they do in my dreams sometimes, and I don’t know why . . . like there’s a path I’m trying [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-09: Partly cloudy

Coming out of the grey. # Well, I _thought_ I was coming out of the grey. Maybe not. # Yet another example of GOP family values hypocrisy. CA lawmaker open-mic’d his affairs w/ lobbyists. http://tinyurl.com/lumho5 # Twitter app on Facebook finally updating FB status about 3 hours behind the times. # How much data cited re: homeless in Anchorage [...]
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