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How Heidi Klum can improve the health care system

…Because you might not realize that fashion can be bad for your health. Seriously.  (Disclaimer:  I have no stats or scientific studies to prove this.  Just read this post and decide for yourself. ) The thing is, we’re living in a time of incredible progress; when the world changes in nano seconds. In hospitals, where […]

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Finding Art in Age and Adversity

I would never say having cancer is a “gift.”  But I would say that gifts can come from having it.  And my friend Roz and I are perfect examples. I was missing any “I” for art.  I didn’t even feel qualified to pick out gift wrap. Having cancer changed everything.  With two small children and […]

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What would Freud think?

I have to believe Dr. Freud would be amused by the idea of turning women’s sexual energy into electricity. If he could only see what I saw last week:  My Great-Grandfather’s Attempts to Turn Sexual Energy Into Electricity to Power Small Machinery Based on the Principles of Sigmund Freud. It’s an installation made from dynamite […]

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home values

I noticed a fragment of this house the other day in Santa Monica and couldn’t resist stopping to get a better look— since it  “illustrates” two recent posts.  One is about houses that I’ve lived in. The other is my last post— about the workshop I held for cancer patients at Hope Lodge, making mosaics– […]

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Peace by piece –Hope by hand

I call my mosaics “Peace by Piece” —and the other night I learned that others can find the same in themselves.  Especially people who know the feeling of hearing 3 words:  You.  Have.  Cancer. Life goes from normal—to nightmare.  Equal to the physical effects can be the emotional effects—constant fear and stress. As a mother […]

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Etsy: Craft for a cause

Lily and Carol clicked when they met years ago at work; and later discovered they share a birthday.  Though they no longer work together, every year they connect on their shared birthdays.  This year they found a “creative” way to celebrate…. with a room full of other “creatives” at Etsy. Etsy defines creativity—it’s a name […]

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