With all the COVID-19 stuff going on, I thought I’d write a post about my non-coronavirus health issue as a distraction. Last night, I was sitting around and noticed that I had a dark floater in my left eye. I’ve had occassional floaters in my time, but this one was Read more…
As I write this, the world is gripped by the specter of the novel coronavirus – COVID-19. Right now, over 215,000 people worldwide have been infected and almost 8,000 have died from it. In the U.S., the number of cases and deaths are beginning to ramp up. People are being Read more…
Today, Facebook reminded me that I published a post on gratitude on this blog 2 years ago. At that time, I was in the throes of my prostate cancer treatment and just starting to learn more about meditation. It had been a pretty difficult time for me, but no matter Read more…
This is not a post about bees (but I might mention them in the course of things). Meditation After I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, my urological oncologist suggested I use meditation as part of my therapy. Meditation has been scientifically proven to help people with certain medical conditions, like Read more…
Seems like all my beekeeping blogging buddies are posting for the new year, so I guess I’ll have to follow suit. I’m really feeling that we’ve turned the corner after the winter solstice and am excited for another new year of beekeeping. My first seed catalog arrived and I’m feeling Read more…
I’m always amazed by people who have artistic talent – musicians, painters, potters, etc. I have zero aptitude for that – I’m too left brained. Sometimes I can crank out some artistic code that makes me go – “Wow!”, but as for aesthetic visual or aural things, even my stick Read more…
As Thanksgiving approaches, I thought I’d write a post about gratitude. This was a weekend full of gratitude for Diana and me. We spent Saturday at an all-day meditation intensive at Eldorado Yoga Ashram. This was my first intensive, so I was a bit hesitant about spending an entire day Read more…