the image is by jackal, who says “i struggle with mental illness (borderline personality disorder) and i explore and express my world through photography and writing in which i believe there is no reality – only perception.”
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mental health week: alcohol and epilepsy
today for my post on mental health, i’d like to share with you a letter i received a few days ago from a fellow canadian. while it is about the mental illness of addiction, i’d also like to think about it as a move towards mental wellness; wellness achieved by sharing our stories with others.… Continue reading mental health week: alcohol and epilepsy
vancouver events at this year’s mental health week
this week is national mental health week in canada. like last year, i’ll dedicate all my posts this week to mental health. (in a way, all my posts are about mental health but this week we’ll just be a bit more explicit, ok?) today a roundup of mental health events happening in and around vancouver… Continue reading vancouver events at this year’s mental health week
frozen pea post: a beltane blessing
yesterday was beltane, one of the two most important holidays in pagan traditions.just as hallowe’en marks the time when we slip into the darkness of winter, on beltane we celebrate opening the door to the joys and exuberance of summer. i’d like to dedicate this beltane to all women with breast cancer. i imagine an… Continue reading frozen pea post: a beltane blessing
early on a wednesday morning. wordless.
(image by luke carter)
carnival of eating disorders #16
hello people! this is the new edition of the carnival of eating disorders. unfortunately, i’ve been having problems with the blog carnival site (the site that administers all the carnivals) so i have had only a few submissions this month, two of which i’ll be including. to substitute for the slim pickins, i’ll feature this… Continue reading carnival of eating disorders #16
ernesto cardenal: verses from the pluriverse
still in the spirit of poetry month, an excerpt from ernesto cardenal’s versos del pluriverso (verses from the pluriverse): if there is an endless number of worlds, they say, there is also a world where napoleon won the battle of waterloo. and a world where she requited my love, in granada. but these worlds and… Continue reading ernesto cardenal: verses from the pluriverse
frozen pea friday: poems about cancer
today friday, as usual, a post having to do with cancer. to finish off april, the poetry month, i’ll serve up three poems. the first one is one i wrote shortly before my friend nikaiah jaguar left us. nikaiah butterfly woman your bones are so thin the moon shines through some say the moths are… Continue reading frozen pea friday: poems about cancer
a little exercise: from dread to like
i was going to send this as an email to someone but why not post it here? the question is – how do you turn something dreadful into something you like? actually, the words used were “purgatory” and “heaven” 🙂 i have a few exercises for this, and one of them has something to do… Continue reading a little exercise: from dread to like
wordless wednesday: vancouver in the spring
(image by my lovely friend mj ankenman)