The Lloyd House Virtual Salon: Virtual Salon SPRING! 3/21/13

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from Ellen

3/21/13
HI Fanchon

...Bad news flash: my 28 year old son Judah Sher had to go to the ER yesterday and was admitted to the Mt Auburn, (boston) hospital with blood sugar 500, pissing sugar, getting dehydrated... Is still at the "step down" unit, one removed from ICU, and may have to stay another 24 hours. OMG! Good news is that now it can be treated and his poor health/vitality of last year can get turned around. But it scares me. Duh. News available on facebook... see Shira Lipkin's page (girlfriend). Whew!
Spring! Early, early tender spring... I've already had the winter Akonite bloom in January, now over, and the Snow Drops are glorious now and have been for several weeks... and now it's the Crocus Moment. T.S. Eliot said early spring was the cruelest time of year ("April is the cruelest month...") and indeed more people commit suicide as the juices start to flow again with warmer days, and they realize things that have been dormant with the winter. May your spring awakening bring you joy, and strength to meet this new "year".
Happy Passover! May you enjoy the milestone with dear friends and family.
I got all my taxes done! I use Turbotax online. Costs me about $70/year. Each year I learn how to use my Alexander Technique a little bit better and more so that the process may be just a bit less hellish, frightening, nerve wracking and burdensome in every way. This year was the best yet.

Hug to all,

Ellen

~ ACTIVITIES AND

OPPORTUNITIES ~

~ ARTS AND CULTURE ~

- This is where I announce concerts and other lovely stuff. Click on the "Read More" link below....

Read More , other events in the arts etc.

~ DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNITY ~

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HERE there are bits about local politics, issues, plus things that pertain to community,... furor in Clifton over renovation to the fountain in front of the CCAC at Woolper & Clifton; "NUNS on the Bus" legislative update from Washinton, ... click on "read more" below and you'll see. Oh! Don't miss the short video on Economic Inequality in societies and their measures of social wellbeing... This is way important... I am running it a second week. ellen

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~ REVIEWS ~

 Send me, please, your impressions, however rough and short, of movies, books, restaurants, events, etc. I want to print them here. We want to know what you like!

~ LETTERS ~

 FROM: Barbara Venn:

Ellen there are two articles you might find interesting to read,

both on line. Regarding PTSD - Newsweek Dec 10, 2012 titled

"Moral Injury" by Tony Dokoupil (LINK). The other is by Fareed Zakaria

Time Mr 7, 2013 about the Keystone Pipeline (Link HERE). Fareed is a

democratic environmentalist so I found his take interesting....B

 FROM: James Reischman

I’ll keep you in the Solar Orbit.

SunSite…SunClipse

Drumm On for our Earth Mother!

James

 FROM: Anna Sher (Biology Professor, after reading the NY Times article on weight gain and sleep deprivation)

I've heard of this and it makes sense to me. Like the participants in the study, I certainly eat more carbs when I'm sleep deprived. Also, most babies and children today don't get enough sleep (for a variety of reasons)- probably contributing to weight gain in that age group, in addition to a variety of other health problems (e.g. ADHD). Anna

 FROM: Steve Sunderland

(sending some cartoons) Let's laugh and laugh some more.

Love,

Steve

P.S. I love Robin Wright: what a smart and courageous person. (Refering to Woman's City Club's Plum Street Temple speaker this y ear... anyone go? Let's hear a review.)

Tri-State Treasures

(Note from Ellen: Apparently Jim's grandfatherhood is interfering with his journalistic responsibilities. ;-) We await your return, Jim!)

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The Lloyd House Virtual Salon

Thursday, March 21, 2013