Welcome 2025

While I don’t relish beginning the 2025 newsletter with words about disaster, I would be remiss if I didn’t address the catastrophe that will require much healing, care, and support for thousands of displaced persons and animals in Los Angeles. Please consider making a donation to World Central Kitchen, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (LA), or … Read more

Winter Solstice – Time to Celebrate

Winter solstice is a special day that occurs annually on or around December 21st when the sun is at its most southerly point relative to the celestial equator. The word solstice comes from the Latin words, “sol” (sun) and “sistere” (stopped or stationary). At the summer solstice, when daylight is long and the sun is at … Read more

LC 18 – PCR vs. RATs

Autumn’s chill and respiratory viruses usually arrive hand in hand. While most people who “catch a cold” don’t test for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) any more, many who do find that their at-home tests are negative even on day 3 or 4 after symptom onset. To be clear, one in ten people infected with any COVID variant … Read more

Samhain – A Time to Remember

Halloween decorations are starting to appear in yards and on porches, ramping up excitement for trick or treating, pumpkin carving, funny costumes, spooky themed parties, and ghost stories. As golden autumn days grow shorter, the next cross quarter point on the Celtic Wheel of the Year is rapidly approaching. To the ancient Druids Samhain (pronounced … Read more

Welcome Autumn!

At autumnal equinox, day and night are in equal balance. It marks the beginning of increasingly shorter daylight hours and longer nights, and it’s right around the corner on September 22, 2024. When the summer fun is done, and fall makes her subtle debut, we human beings can become the epitome of “human doings”! Waning … Read more

LC 17 – Dysautonomia and the Gut

It’s been a while since my last Long Covid (LC) Series post. That is because I am better but not normal. The good news is that I have been enjoying summer in Flagstaff. There have been social interactions (virtually and outdoors), Llumination Quests (ask me about this), reading, research, writing, consults, and precious time with … Read more

First Harvest Celebrations

This edition of the seasonal timings explores a celebration with rich history in both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon cultural traditions. Lughnasadh (pronounced loo NAS ah) occurs at the midpoint between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox. This holiday is traditionally celebrated on the eve of July 31st and into the next day, August 1st while … Read more

LC 16 – Better, Not Normal

For the first three years living with Long Covid (and not knowing it), I spent a lot of time avoiding allergy triggers and another covid infection. I masked in public places (still do), and tested frequently for covid before and after social interactions. Most of my limited social interactions were (and still are) in outdoor … Read more

LC 15 – The Trigger Event

Readers following the Long Covid (LC) series may note that I referenced a “trigger event” that increased my symptoms in 2023. Today I want to share about this, hoping it is of some use to other LC patients. The event was related to a covid vaccine. To be very clear, I am not anti-vax and … Read more

Magical Summer

This edition of the seasonal timings will explore summer in the northern hemisphere. Summer solstice occurs on or around June 21st when the sun is at its most northerly point relative to the celestial equator. The definition of solstice comes from the Latin words, “sol” (sun) and sistere (stopped or stationary). At solstice, the sun … Read more