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Bill W. was right
15 July 08 03:53 AM | Beth Patterson | 7 Comments   
Not that any of us thought he was wrong... I woke up this morning after a week of frustrating events, feeling like I was the main source of problems in my (read: 'the') world. I felt like I'd alienated important relationships, had a disturbing set of Read More...
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Katrina Remembered: "Yes, my love, this is how it goes" Part 2
21 June 08 10:56 AM | Beth Patterson | 6 Comments   
Part 1: The call comes from 'Bougainvillea' (i.e. Katrina) asking me to come help her die. Katrina and I have been friends for over 20 years. Note: In the late 1990's Katrina took on the nickname from a tropical plant I had carted to Colorado from Florida--a Read More...
Katrina remembered: "Yes, my love, this is how it goes" Part 1
21 June 08 10:54 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
Solstice weekend now and forever will have a more personal meaning. This 2 part post is about my dear friend Katrina, who like the hurricane,was a force of nature. Katrina died of cancer at the age of 51 in 2003 on June 19th at 11:45pm, 15 minutes before Read More...
Review: Sitting Bull Remembers
07 November 07 02:18 AM | Beth Patterson | 1 Comments   
Ann Turner , blogger on the Virtual Tea House, has created another wonderful children's book, Sitting Bull Remembers, illustrated by Wendell Minor. It takes the life of Sitting Bull from the end and works backwards, from his memories. "In this dark room, Read More...
Blog Action Day: Through the Looking Glass
15 October 07 01:23 AM | Beth Patterson | 8 Comments   
Several years ago, I attended a fire circle in western Colorado, where I then lived, on Grand Mesa outside of Grand Junction. The fire was in conjunction with a plant spirit medicine class being taught by a shaman in the Huichol and Nahuatl traditions Read More...
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Conversations in a Car
05 September 07 03:48 PM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
Tim Black, father of two daughters, Courtney and Taylor, taught hundreds of high school students in Stuart, Florida for over 25 years. He is now retired, writing stories and living his life simply. Tim's daughter Taylor died in 2001 of a brain tumor at Read More...
On the 29th anniversary of my mother's death
23 March 07 10:06 AM | Beth Patterson | 5 Comments   
Today is the 29th anniversary of my mother's death. She died in 1978 at the age of 58 of ovarian cancer, before hospice care was readily available. Her death was like her life: full of pain and grace. Mom was sexually abused by her father for 7 years Read More...

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