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kettunainen

This just in

[I was explaining the difference between transparent, translucent, and opaque.]

"That door is opaque. Light doesn't travel through to the other side."
"It's transLUCENT!"
"No, sweetie, it's opaque. It's solid. Light doesn't get through it."
"I have a light saber so I can break that door with light."
"That's pretty awesome, hon."

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kettunainen

Epiphany

I have GOT to figure out how to balance thrush-inducing-stress with anti-stress-but-thrush-inducing medicine. Rock, meet hard place.

I wrote this recently and, lo, I HAVE DISCOVERED THE ANSWER!!!

In a word:

ADAPTOGENS


This is a class of plant/fungi that helps the body adapt to stress of any sort. Ginseng is probably the best known. There are several, and I'm going to start with Holy Basil/Tulsi. It's speaking to me, so I think I'll start listening.

***orders of magnitude of relief***
kettunainen

What exuberance!



This is the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. "Many of the orchestra's 250 young members, ages 16 to 22, have overcome tough circumstances in the barrios of Venezuela to pursue a career in music and have intense personal stories about how music has made a difference in their lives..." Read More

And the conductor? If only we all had his energy. I'm grateful for it on this dreary Friday afternoon.