Recently, by “chance,” I connected with Masozera Emmanuel, Secretary of this non-profit, True Life Orphanage & Outreach. We discussed many things regarding the organization, including primary challenges. We have run out of food and other essential basic needs: firewood, soap, sugar, salt, beans, cooking oil, maize flour, etc. Our mattresses are not enough for the…
Visiting the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda
I am traveling from Oklahoma to the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda to work with Agri Planet on its mission through one project to help find sustainable solutions for refugees living there.
Session No.2 on my Second 3/4 Sleeve
No pain, no gain! I love the way my second 3/4 sleeve is turning out. Perfection!
A Tale of Two (3/4) Sleeves
I recently started the journey of my second 3/4 sleeve Buddhist-themed tattoo!
Visiting Oahu, Hawaii
Our first time in Hawaii – Story and Itinerary I had been looking at plane tickets for Lena and me to visit Hawaii for seven years, but tickets were always too expensive. This was the year, though! As I did every so often, I looked at tickets on OneTravel.com, round-trip, and a hotel room for me,…
Kateryna Pleads – Help Ukraine, Sheild Our Sky!
Spread the word around social media to notify your friends and family that Ukraine needs help.
Growing Gourmet Mushrooms!!
Last week, I started a mushroom bed to grow wine cap mushrooms! The bed is made of cedar dust, wood chips, and straw. Today, I continued the maitake mushroom project. Maitake mushrooms I am going to attempt growing maitake mushrooms on oak tree logs. A couple of months ago, I went to a lumber yard…
I Made an Asparagus Planting Oopsie
My friend gave me some asparagus roots to plant. Asparagus are perennials, so I was extra excited – just needed to get them in the ground. So, over the weekend, I planted the asparagus, but about an hour after finishing up, I realized I planted the roots upside down!!! Whoops!! I went back out and…
Quarantine Garden Update
I’ve been letting things take their growing course while I water and wait. Today though, I made a manure tea for the vegetable garden, herbs, and trees…and created, and inoculated, a bed for Wine Cap Mushrooms! Wine Cap Mushrooms Bed Sectioned off a shaded/partial sun area in the corner of my backyard. Poured cedar sawdust…
Injustice
I would like to offer a perspective that may seem controversial to some; this is a time to keep context. Please read through to the end. Systemic racism Police brutality Racial disparities, drug policy, and policing Harsh criminal sentences Mass shootings Hate crimes Access to healthcare The rights of older people in “care” facilities Surveillance and data protection Nation-to-nation foreign policy…
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