Sweets

Not so Wordless Wednesday ?

The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law on July 26, 1990. This month, we pay tribute to the incredible impact this landmark civil rights law has had on the lives of individuals with disabilities. Join me to celebrate Disability Pride Month.

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Art in Bloom came about with

First the painting...

Flowers at Art in Bloom 2025, Center for the Arts, Black Mountain NC

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Then an arrangement of a different order at the Asheville Art Museum.

I think I preferred these hands to the ones done by Andrew Wyeth at the Asheville Museum of Art as seen in a previous blog.

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Joanna Macy, at 96, is preparing to leave this life. She has been an ecologist, activist and teacher for many years. Here's a little snippet of what she has said:

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A heated half brownie with two flavors of ice cream giving such a wonderful treat. Easy peasy too! I think this is the most decadent sweet I love most these days. Of course a slice of really good - you name it...!

What's your favorite sweet?

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An old photo:

It may not be pretty, but those tapes and an IV line were part of my treatment which gave me a stent on my heart to save my life just 5 years ago in March. I sometimes love medicine. This was at the beginning of Covid and the hospital staff were learning how to do their jobs with so many more precautions. 

And by that October I was part of the 35th Cohort of Ornish Rehabilitation at our hospital. Here I had a heart monitor watching my heart as I would soon start more exercises. That wholistic rehab program meant stress relief, meditation, diet and exercise as ways to change my life in order to be healthy. I'm doing most of those (and only get one brownie a week and split it for 2 servings!) Unfortunately the Mission Hospital was acquired by HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) and became a "for-profit" venture, so the Ornish program was cut, and a simple exercise program continues for rehabilitation.

But I'm still a "wholistic" gal.

Yesterday I started having chiropractic treatments for my sore neck, especially when bending down! About most of western (and eastern) culture these days has people bending their necks down for phones. Mine started to hurt more and more, so I am going to a new woman in town, and I liked my first treatment a lot. Holistic wellness. That's what a whole person should have. She gave me three things to do for the next week. But the main thing she did was to push on some acupressure points which released some tension. I could just feel that melting away.  She does a kinesiology approach to determine what and where to do things. I'll go back next week!