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Humanity’s Effect on the World: – the horrifying and the hopeful, with Robert Macfarlane

2025/06/13

Hi Everyone, Time seems to be flying by so fast that another month is here before I know it. Anyway, it’ s beautiful sunny day. I am delighted that most of the perennials I planted last year have survived our very snowy winter and my front yard is beginning to look really good. ) Book Review(s) I spend a lot of time in these letters talking about nature. This is because I feel that we need to do more to… Read more »

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Regenerate degraded soils; Advance in cancer research

2025/05/04

Hi Everyone, I keep saying the same thing, but I am so grateful for the warmth of the sun, the bright day, and the length of the days. I seem to have so much more time now and I love seeing all the daffodils on my walks. The Power of Nature This month, I want to talk about the power of trees again and their ability to regenerate degraded soils. I started reading a book called “The Man… Read more »

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Treating Cancer with Fructose? and Pain Management Using Biofeedback

2025/04/07

Hi Everyone! This year I have been really blessed. I have had two wonderful vacations during our winter. The first I mentioned last month, to Oaxaca, Mexico and then a week ago I returned from visiting Southern Italy and Sicily with my twin 13-year-old grandsons. It was a wonderful trip, the weather was sunny and 15 or 16 degrees Celsius every day. We saw wonderful sights, climbed Mt. Vesuvius, walked around Pompeii and other ancient sights, and it was… Read more »

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Bioenergy versus Biofield; their effect on cancer

2025/02/28

Hi everyone! I am writing this blog on the first warm day over the last few weeks (8 degrees Celsius 😊), Not sure one can call that warm, but the snow that has been piled high for more than a week is starting to melt! Not really my kind of weather, having grown up in South Africa, but I guess it is expected at this time of the year in Canada. I feel very lucky that I was able to… Read more »

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Do Plants Communicate?

2024/11/28

Blog Post November 2024 Hi Everyone, It is amazing that it is already the end of November. Time is moving by very quickly for me right now. The weather has been so mild, I have been working on our garden right up to last week! And, I finally planted my garlic! Last month I showed you a picture of our blooming hibiscus. This month, we have an amazing amaryllis. Do you eat pumpkin seeds? Last month, I came across… Read more »

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The Importance of Trees

2024/10/29

October 2024 Blog I hope you have been enjoying the wonderful October weather and the spectacular display that the trees have created. It has been absolutely marvelous here in Toronto. And, talking of spectacular displays – my hibiscus plant loved coming indoors for the winter. It mostly only has one or two flowers at a time! The Importance of Trees This month I am again going to talk about trees. I know that you know they are dear to me.… Read more »

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Mushrooms for Therapy

2024/10/24

Mushrooms for Therapy September Blog 2024 Hello Everyone, I am writing this on my back deck on a wonderful, warm and sunny day. I really love this weather and hope it continues on and on. This month, I have been reading “How to Change your Mind; what the new science of psychedelics is teaching us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression and transcendence” by Michael Pollan. In the book Pollan discusses psilocybin mushrooms, the history of their use in the 1950’s… Read more »

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Ultra Processed People

2024/09/06

Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can’t Stop Eating Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van Tulleken | May 7 2024 This month, I am writing about a book one of my clients told me about. It is called Ultra Processed People by Chris van Tulleken. Chris is a father, scientist, doctor, and award-winning BBC broadcaster. He has collected compelling evidence from worldwide studies and used himself and his brother to test his theories to show the effects of ultra-processed foods on… Read more »

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The Mystery of Life Energy

2024/07/30

The Mystery of Life Energy: Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousness by Eric Leskowitz | April 9, 2024 The Mystery of Life Energy by Eric (Rick) Leskowitz, M.D., is a comprehensive exploration of energy medicine. This book resonates with me. Dr. Leskowitz is a retired Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatrist. In his book, he describes his struggle to get energy medicine accepted into mainstream medicine despite the numerous peer-reviewed studies. Fascinating Studies These studies have proved that energy… Read more »

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Brain Bliss

2024/06/30

Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy by Dawson Church – March 22, 2022 I am currently reading Bliss Brain by science writer Dawson Church. He includes research that he and others have conducted on brain plasticity and meditation. Dawson describes in detail how meditation affects different parts of the brain. His book includes directions on rapidly reaching Bliss Brain using his developed method, EcoMeditation. What interested me about the meditations and why they… Read more »

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