J2J Day 9: Intention
Lakeshore Drive in Chicago was impassable last night due to a record-setting blizzard. The Weather Channel is reporting thunder snow. We have sunshine in Seattle. It is time for me to […]
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Artist’s Date: Virtual Trip to the Caribbean
Fishing Village, Aruba Stressed out? Wish you were in the Caribbean? Comcast has a very cool On Demand feature called the Windows Channel which you can find within the Get […]
Artist’s Date: Neighborhood Birds & Critters
The Byrds: Bella, Rocky, Angel III, Ziggy Animals are a superb antidote to PTSD intense episodes. My Byrds are excellent music critics. Three are named for composers: Pachelbel (Bella), Rachmaninoff (Rocky), […]
Artist’s Date: Edmonds, WA’s Waterfront Festival
The Hawaiian Chieftan and the Lady Washington have been guests at the Edmonds, WA Yacht Club during Edmonds’ Waterfront Festival. The tall ships offered cruises and “battles” in Puget Sound […]
Artist’s Date: Easter Sunday in Seattle
The Freemont People were decked out for Easter. The Freemont neighborhood’s motto is “De Libertas Quirkas.” It has been described as quirky, bohemian, artistic, and funky. At the Summer Solstice, they […]
Artist’s Date: Julie’s Tour of Seattle
Julie took me on a tour of her favorite Seattle haunts on Saturday. We started at Carkeek Park. And ended the day at the Magnolia marina: We spent most of the afternoon enjoying the […]
Kate’s Couch: Sharing My Complex-PTSD Therapy Sessions
Therapy for Complex PTSD (multiple traumatic events) is more shot-in-the-dark than science. Mental health professionals don’t have viable treatment protocols for PTSD (one traumatic event), and most are totally clueless about treating Complex PTSD. Sadly, too many still think, for example, that EMDR is effective. It isn’t.
Lavender Festival: Sequim, WA
Sequim, WA is on the Kitsap Penninsula along the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. The climate is very similar to Provence which makes it ideal for growing lavender. If […]
Midsummer’s Eve: Night of Empowerment
June 23 is Midsummer’s Eve ~ the night women gather together to empower each other. It is a night for fairies and spirits. It is a time for rejoicing and dancing around bonfires.
Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert is the quintessenial role model for leveraging a person’s talents to learn how to survive, thrive, and find joy. When life handed her the lemons of a bitter divorce, she squeezed those lemons into the stratosphere of best-selling books. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia was on the best seller lists for over a year. She’s been on Oprah, and Julia Roberts will star in the movie. In true Pretty Woman tradition, she rescued herself before she met the charming Brazilian “prince” Felipe.
Anne Caroline Drake 