American Botanical Society
Type in some problem ( headache) and it gives you a list of herbal remedies.
Glycemic index recipes, etc.
Cloudhidden
A photo and writing journal since 1994
August 31, 2005
American Botanical Society/Glycemic diets
American Botanical Society
Type in some problem ( headache) and it gives you a list of herbal remedies.
Glycemic index recipes, etc.
August 30, 2005
Canela Michelle Meyers, Wayne Froese ( Vancouver) BC)
Canela Michelle Meyers
My friend in Vancouver gives satsang. Canela also practices Reiki.
Her site is designed and maintained by another friend,
Wayne Froese
of Asgard Forge Web Design.
I could listen to the music on Canela's Site all day, ok, sometimes I do!
Wayne and I should be getting a site together for me soon, and I will somehow be helping him with new ideas for web development! I look forward to working with him. Gosh guys, I need your photo's for this blog.....
August 29, 2005
August 28, 2005
Birdie, and others...
I have had company lately, but I am still working, just slowed down
a bit after my last firing.
Here are a few pieces I am working on, some smaller cups
(glasses), for Daphne and family, and Daisy, too.
Birdie is the large pot with the bird face, and she has birds
all over the back of her head, her chin is 2 birds,
she has bird eyes and cheeks. (Designed to hold a plant),
which will become her hair. ( Maybe she wil have a birdnest there)
She was really fun to do.
The large fushia bowl is going well, these under glazes
may not fire out, it would be nice if they kept their colors true.
I have to begin throwing again this week. I have gotten behind on my goal.
Tomorrow morning I will begin again, by weeks end, I should have nice new pots to design.
I am making some quick hand built dishes for Daisy, she says she is dishless.
I am making slab dishes, a set of three, these will just be glazed,
not designed with art, it takes a lot of time to do these pieces.
Glazes are great anyway!
I think they wil be turquoise and straw yellow.
Or turquoise and brown.
I think I will be moving in mid November.
(after I go to see Adam on the 12th in Vancouver)
Just got my studio together and it is time to move...Oh well.
I want to find a nice home to buy when I move,
at least 3 bedrooms, some land, and a studio.
~A log cabin would be nice.~ smile.....
a bit after my last firing.
Here are a few pieces I am working on, some smaller cups
(glasses), for Daphne and family, and Daisy, too.
Birdie is the large pot with the bird face, and she has birds
all over the back of her head, her chin is 2 birds,
she has bird eyes and cheeks. (Designed to hold a plant),
which will become her hair. ( Maybe she wil have a birdnest there)
She was really fun to do.
The large fushia bowl is going well, these under glazes
may not fire out, it would be nice if they kept their colors true.
I have to begin throwing again this week. I have gotten behind on my goal.
Tomorrow morning I will begin again, by weeks end, I should have nice new pots to design.
I am making some quick hand built dishes for Daisy, she says she is dishless.
I am making slab dishes, a set of three, these will just be glazed,
not designed with art, it takes a lot of time to do these pieces.
Glazes are great anyway!
I think they wil be turquoise and straw yellow.
Or turquoise and brown.
I think I will be moving in mid November.
(after I go to see Adam on the 12th in Vancouver)
Just got my studio together and it is time to move...Oh well.
I want to find a nice home to buy when I move,
at least 3 bedrooms, some land, and a studio.
~A log cabin would be nice.~ smile.....
August 27, 2005
Earth shoes of 70's still alive and healthy
Want these for Crissmiss
I wore these In the early 70's!
I admit, I was the only person
wearing them, but I was
soo comfortable!
I just took comfort in another pair.
I ordered them from next tag
where I had my choice of best deals...but not this new model!
And I want these for Christmas.
August 22, 2005
August 21, 2005
Salt of the Earth..etc.
Salt Lamps and other salty devices...
http://popgadget.net/
Feel Chair...Ahhhh Chair...Luxury TP...Balloon Lamp!
http://www.radaronline.com
http://www.kyouei-ltd.co.jp/page/balloon.html
August 19, 2005
Sleep Apnea, exercises for throat, and tongue,,chronic headaches...
Curing The Snore
With the news this week that snoring and chronic daily headache are linked, we've compiled a list for your patients of simple exercises that help in reducing snoring frequency and volume, for those who don't want to take drugs daily.
Iif you want to know the cure thats easy,
We’re all aware of various devices which can be worn to prevent snoring , but there may be a simpler alternative that is worth a shot too. Exercises can make a significant difference to a tired snorer and their partner. The following patient information sheet can be printed to give to your patients.
Tongue and throat exercises, if practiced diligently over a period of time, may be of great benefit in reducing snoring. Repeat each of the following exercises 5 times each, twice daily:
1) Slowly open and close your mouth to its full extent, making sure the lips meet when closing.
2) Pucker your lips (as if about to kiss). Hold for a count of 10. Relax.
3) Spread your lips into a big, exaggerated smile. Hold. Relax.
4) Mix Exercises 2 & 3: Pucker-Hold-Smile-Hold.
5) Try to pucker with your mouth wide open, without closing your jaws together. Hold & relax.
6) Close your lips and press them tightly together.
7) Close your lips firmly, then make a ‘slurping’ noise, as if sipping a drink.
8) Open your mouth and stick out your tongue. Be sure your tongue comes straight out of your mouth and doesn’t go off the side. Hold, relax and repeat several times. Work toward sticking your tongue out farther each day, but still pointing straight ahead.
9) Stick out your tongue and move it slowly from corner to corner of your lips. Hold in each corner, relax and repeat several times. Be sure your tongue actually touches each corner each time.
10) Stick out your tongue and try to reach your chin with the tongue tip. Hold at the farthest extension.
11) Stick out your tongue and try to touch your nose with the tongue tip. Hold at farthest extension.
12) Stick out your tongue. Hold a spoon upright against the tip of your extended tongue and try to push it away while your hand holds the spoon in place.
13) Repeatedly stick your tongue in and out as fast as you can.
14) Flick your tongue from corner to corner as quickly as you can.
15) Move tongue all around your lips in a circle as quickly as you can, making sure you stay in constant contact.
16) Open and close mouth as quickly as you can, making sure your lips close each time.
17) Say ‘Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma’ as quickly as possible, ensuring there's an ‘em’ and an ‘ah’ sound each time.
18) Repeat with ‘La-La-La-La.’
19) Repeat with ‘Ka-Ka-Ka-Ka’ as quickly and accurately as you can.
20) Repeat with ‘Kala-Kala-Kala-Kala.’
21) Gargle loudly with warm water.
22) Sing through the vowel sounds (A-E-I-O-U) as loudly as you can (or dare). Songs like ‘Old McDonald Had a Farm’ are also good.
Chronic Headache Linked To Snoring
A new study finds a link between snoring and chronic daily headache. The study, published in the April 22 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, examined the snoring habits of people with chronic daily headache and people with occasional headaches.
Chronic daily headache was defined as people with at least 15 headaches per month. Occasional headache was defined as two to 104 headaches per year.
People with chronic daily headache were more than twice as likely to also be chronic snorers than those with occasional headaches. The result was the same even when adjusting for factors that can affect breathing in sleep, such as body mass index and alcohol intake.
'If we can show that the snoring is causing the headaches, then we may be able to stop or lessen people's headaches by treating their snoring,' said study author Ann Scher, PhD, of the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Md. 'This would be a great relief to people who suffer from chronic daily headache.'
The study involved 206 people aged 18 to 65 who had suffered from chronic daily headache for five years or less and 507 people with occasional headache. Those with chronic headache had an average of 260 days with headaches per year. Those with occasional headache had an average of 24 headache days per year.
The participants were asked how often they snored, and researchers classified their headache types. Scher noted that few studies have validated the accuracy of having patients report their own snoring status. To test the validity, the researchers analysed the link between snoring and chronic daily headache data separately by gender, age, marital status and headache type and found no significant differences.
Those with chronic daily headache were more likely to be female, have a lower educational level and have been previously married (divorced, widowed or separated) than those with occasional headache.
Scher said more research is needed to determine the link between snoring and chronic daily headache. 'The headaches could be causing the snoring, or the snoring could be causing the headaches, or both,' she said. 'Chronic headache can result in disturbed sleep, and sedating medications used to treat pain can aggravate sleep-disordered breathing. On the other side, sleep deprivation or excessive sleep can trigger migraine attacks in some people.'
Thursday 20th September 2001
Jab Stops Snoring In Its Tracks
An injection in the back of the mouth can prevent snoring, reports New Scientist today.
Scott Brietzke told delegates last week at a meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s Head and Neck Surgery in Denver. This ‘snoreplasty’ technique is effective, relatively painless and costs only about $35 per patient.
Patients undergo treatment that involves injecting a chemical called tetradecyl sulphate into the fleshy soft palate at the back of the throat. Scar tissue is then formed which stiffens the soft palate, reducing the amount of fluttering of the tissues and hence snoring.
The technique was developed at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethseda, Maryland and can reduce the loudness of snoring from 11 decibels to 2 decibels.
Andrew Cummin of London’s Charing Cross Hospital, commented, ‘This certainly seems preferable to trimming the soft palate. Trimming the palate can cause irreparable damage. If too much of the palate is removed, patients can experience regurgitation of fizzy drinks through the nostrils, or they can have trouble swallowing.’
On Monday, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine announced another potential cure for snoring.
Further information
Further advice for patients can be found in Scott E. Dr. The Natural Way to Stop Snoring
Talkaboutsleep.com
britishsnoring
entnet.org
snoring.com
With the news this week that snoring and chronic daily headache are linked, we've compiled a list for your patients of simple exercises that help in reducing snoring frequency and volume, for those who don't want to take drugs daily.
Iif you want to know the cure thats easy,
I have news on Sleep Apnea, something everyone wants, am easy solutions to a complex problem.
Write me at
jerez598atgmaildotcom
We’re all aware of various devices which can be worn to prevent snoring , but there may be a simpler alternative that is worth a shot too. Exercises can make a significant difference to a tired snorer and their partner. The following patient information sheet can be printed to give to your patients.
Tongue and throat exercises, if practiced diligently over a period of time, may be of great benefit in reducing snoring. Repeat each of the following exercises 5 times each, twice daily:
1) Slowly open and close your mouth to its full extent, making sure the lips meet when closing.
2) Pucker your lips (as if about to kiss). Hold for a count of 10. Relax.
3) Spread your lips into a big, exaggerated smile. Hold. Relax.
4) Mix Exercises 2 & 3: Pucker-Hold-Smile-Hold.
5) Try to pucker with your mouth wide open, without closing your jaws together. Hold & relax.
6) Close your lips and press them tightly together.
7) Close your lips firmly, then make a ‘slurping’ noise, as if sipping a drink.
8) Open your mouth and stick out your tongue. Be sure your tongue comes straight out of your mouth and doesn’t go off the side. Hold, relax and repeat several times. Work toward sticking your tongue out farther each day, but still pointing straight ahead.
9) Stick out your tongue and move it slowly from corner to corner of your lips. Hold in each corner, relax and repeat several times. Be sure your tongue actually touches each corner each time.
10) Stick out your tongue and try to reach your chin with the tongue tip. Hold at the farthest extension.
11) Stick out your tongue and try to touch your nose with the tongue tip. Hold at farthest extension.
12) Stick out your tongue. Hold a spoon upright against the tip of your extended tongue and try to push it away while your hand holds the spoon in place.
13) Repeatedly stick your tongue in and out as fast as you can.
14) Flick your tongue from corner to corner as quickly as you can.
15) Move tongue all around your lips in a circle as quickly as you can, making sure you stay in constant contact.
16) Open and close mouth as quickly as you can, making sure your lips close each time.
17) Say ‘Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma’ as quickly as possible, ensuring there's an ‘em’ and an ‘ah’ sound each time.
18) Repeat with ‘La-La-La-La.’
19) Repeat with ‘Ka-Ka-Ka-Ka’ as quickly and accurately as you can.
20) Repeat with ‘Kala-Kala-Kala-Kala.’
21) Gargle loudly with warm water.
22) Sing through the vowel sounds (A-E-I-O-U) as loudly as you can (or dare). Songs like ‘Old McDonald Had a Farm’ are also good.
Chronic Headache Linked To Snoring
A new study finds a link between snoring and chronic daily headache. The study, published in the April 22 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, examined the snoring habits of people with chronic daily headache and people with occasional headaches.
Chronic daily headache was defined as people with at least 15 headaches per month. Occasional headache was defined as two to 104 headaches per year.
People with chronic daily headache were more than twice as likely to also be chronic snorers than those with occasional headaches. The result was the same even when adjusting for factors that can affect breathing in sleep, such as body mass index and alcohol intake.
'If we can show that the snoring is causing the headaches, then we may be able to stop or lessen people's headaches by treating their snoring,' said study author Ann Scher, PhD, of the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Md. 'This would be a great relief to people who suffer from chronic daily headache.'
The study involved 206 people aged 18 to 65 who had suffered from chronic daily headache for five years or less and 507 people with occasional headache. Those with chronic headache had an average of 260 days with headaches per year. Those with occasional headache had an average of 24 headache days per year.
The participants were asked how often they snored, and researchers classified their headache types. Scher noted that few studies have validated the accuracy of having patients report their own snoring status. To test the validity, the researchers analysed the link between snoring and chronic daily headache data separately by gender, age, marital status and headache type and found no significant differences.
Those with chronic daily headache were more likely to be female, have a lower educational level and have been previously married (divorced, widowed or separated) than those with occasional headache.
Scher said more research is needed to determine the link between snoring and chronic daily headache. 'The headaches could be causing the snoring, or the snoring could be causing the headaches, or both,' she said. 'Chronic headache can result in disturbed sleep, and sedating medications used to treat pain can aggravate sleep-disordered breathing. On the other side, sleep deprivation or excessive sleep can trigger migraine attacks in some people.'
Thursday 20th September 2001
Jab Stops Snoring In Its Tracks
An injection in the back of the mouth can prevent snoring, reports New Scientist today.
Scott Brietzke told delegates last week at a meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s Head and Neck Surgery in Denver. This ‘snoreplasty’ technique is effective, relatively painless and costs only about $35 per patient.
Patients undergo treatment that involves injecting a chemical called tetradecyl sulphate into the fleshy soft palate at the back of the throat. Scar tissue is then formed which stiffens the soft palate, reducing the amount of fluttering of the tissues and hence snoring.
The technique was developed at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethseda, Maryland and can reduce the loudness of snoring from 11 decibels to 2 decibels.
Andrew Cummin of London’s Charing Cross Hospital, commented, ‘This certainly seems preferable to trimming the soft palate. Trimming the palate can cause irreparable damage. If too much of the palate is removed, patients can experience regurgitation of fizzy drinks through the nostrils, or they can have trouble swallowing.’
On Monday, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine announced another potential cure for snoring.
Further information
Further advice for patients can be found in Scott E. Dr. The Natural Way to Stop Snoring
Talkaboutsleep.com
britishsnoring
entnet.org
snoring.com
August 18, 2005
kim plays tag again:
Successful firing :
Kim is playing tag again: OK....FIVE of each.....
5 Songs on my shuffle., late favorites:
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen/ I'm Your Man
White Flag Dido/Life for Rent
God Shuffled His Feet Crash Test Dummies/ God Shuffled His Feet ( I love this one)
Indian Ocean Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)/ Indian Ocean (wonderfully Cat Stevens)
Fragrance Osho / Music from the World of Osho: This! Commentaries of the Bamboos
5 Movies seen lately:
Re- viewed favorites I am afraid:
Billy Elliott
Reds
In America
thats all folks! Remind me to go to the movies!
Five nice things that have happened to me lately: Cannot list only 5!
Millie
Debbie
Shiva
Fog returns for mornings here!
All my kids have called (hear me celebrate!)
Successful fire of kiln last night..
Got in to Adam's workshop in Vancouver for Nov. 12th
Five books or magazines I am reading:
Adam part 1
Adam part 2
Kitchen and bath ideas
Ahabs Wife
Transmission of the flame
Kitchen Solutions
I am tagging Debbie, again, so she will get a blog!
Kim is playing tag again: OK....FIVE of each.....
5 Songs on my shuffle., late favorites:
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen/ I'm Your Man
White Flag Dido/Life for Rent
God Shuffled His Feet Crash Test Dummies/ God Shuffled His Feet ( I love this one)
Indian Ocean Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)/ Indian Ocean (wonderfully Cat Stevens)
Fragrance Osho / Music from the World of Osho: This! Commentaries of the Bamboos
5 Movies seen lately:
Re- viewed favorites I am afraid:
Billy Elliott
Reds
In America
thats all folks! Remind me to go to the movies!
Five nice things that have happened to me lately: Cannot list only 5!
Millie
Debbie
Shiva
Fog returns for mornings here!
All my kids have called (hear me celebrate!)
Successful fire of kiln last night..
Got in to Adam's workshop in Vancouver for Nov. 12th
Five books or magazines I am reading:
Adam part 1
Adam part 2
Kitchen and bath ideas
Ahabs Wife
Transmission of the flame
Kitchen Solutions
I am tagging Debbie, again, so she will get a blog!
Millie 7, Sherry 5!
Photo...Horses IN SnohomishI am only sorry I don't have a photo to share today of MIllie picking blueberries today. I didn't have my camera.
Previously in a blog I mentioned meeting Millie when I went to Snohomish a berryin, and how much fun it was there all the women and children laughing, and kids squealing with delight. Sounds that warm the heart.
Millie happened to be picking near me, and so we began a conversation that covered every topic worth discussing.
I was delighted.
So today I went back and picked again, Millie was going, so I just met here there.
Again we talked about so many things, and she brought a copy of a Government document concerning invading Cuba in the 60's. The project was called Operation Mongoose
AKA Northwoods
It is dated March 13,1962. It is also referrred to as Operation Mongoose. It's goal; to provoke military action against Cuba.
From Demopedia
It is a very interesting document and timely since 911 to understand how the powers that be in our country actually work.
Astonished.
What comes from 2 gentle women a berryin!
Who would guess we'd exchange such information about control in this country?
For me I realized how very much we all need to cultivate the flowers of awareness, it's fruit being peace, so that this type of thing will one day stop, and the sooner the better!
Seek peace, so it might be our future.
First it must be our present.
Thanks to Millie, I had a very happy, inspiring and hopeful day!
Millie has recommended a site: Motheragainstwasl.org.
I will check that out. It concernes the state of education...you should take a look!
I picked 5 lbs, Millie,7.
August 17, 2005
Idosyncratic 5's...Debbie
Debbie in Kentucky said...
I sleep alone in a kingsize bed... 5 days on the left, 5 days on the right, then change the sheets.
Putting away dishes & flatware, clean ones always go on the Bottom of the stack.
My goal when driving is to take the shortest distance between Points A and B, and hit the brakes SELDOM as possible. Which leads to #4...
Driving is like shooting pool – you only have to miss by a LITTLE bit! (Passengers enjoy white-knuckle moments with me but hey, that's all in THEIR heads...)
Finally... when I put on shoes & socks I always wonder, "In case of shocking emergency, should I put on both socks first, or one shoe / one sock before dressing my second foot? What’s more functional for running out the door? 50 years, and I still can’t figure this out!"
My five:
Kim tagged me for this...what..I don't have any Idiosyncrasies...well let me think about that...
I am an Aquarian, but my rising sign is Pisces. Therefore I am a brooding type. I worry.
Also as Aquarian, I am flakey, drifting, and in the air, conceptualizing.
I won't pass by a penny. My Grandmother was so thrifty, saving money, pinching pennies. I would feel it bad luck to do that.
I check my e-mail every morning as soon as I get up.
I clean my studio after each use, it is just part of the ceremony of it all, the cleaning and leaving it fit to reenter the next time for the next and different process I will undertake.
I will tag Debbie so that she will start blogging!
I sleep alone in a kingsize bed... 5 days on the left, 5 days on the right, then change the sheets.
Putting away dishes & flatware, clean ones always go on the Bottom of the stack.
My goal when driving is to take the shortest distance between Points A and B, and hit the brakes SELDOM as possible. Which leads to #4...
Driving is like shooting pool – you only have to miss by a LITTLE bit! (Passengers enjoy white-knuckle moments with me but hey, that's all in THEIR heads...)
Finally... when I put on shoes & socks I always wonder, "In case of shocking emergency, should I put on both socks first, or one shoe / one sock before dressing my second foot? What’s more functional for running out the door? 50 years, and I still can’t figure this out!"
My five:
Kim tagged me for this...what..I don't have any Idiosyncrasies...well let me think about that...
I am an Aquarian, but my rising sign is Pisces. Therefore I am a brooding type. I worry.
Also as Aquarian, I am flakey, drifting, and in the air, conceptualizing.
I won't pass by a penny. My Grandmother was so thrifty, saving money, pinching pennies. I would feel it bad luck to do that.
I check my e-mail every morning as soon as I get up.
I clean my studio after each use, it is just part of the ceremony of it all, the cleaning and leaving it fit to reenter the next time for the next and different process I will undertake.
I will tag Debbie so that she will start blogging!
August 14, 2005
Earth Reborn
Christiane Perrochon Blogged by my friend Kim, these pieces of earth; formed and glazed, and this site, exquisite,....
Art of sensuality
I love the sensuality of taking a brush to a lovely white, smooth, freshly throw and trimmed piece of porcelain to make the first and also unalterable design on it's pale and lovely surface. I never know really exactly what I will paint there with my brush, especially if I am beginning a new series. Just as a brush flows, the design flows, and I must trust it to become a stroke that will complete the life of any vessel I approach.
More so than the empty sheet of paper standing naked, waiting for words, or canvass white and clean, this first touch is so intimate, most willing to be touched, and completed.
Of course I have my glazes, all these wonderful colors I want to use on porcelain, but if I use them, I miss this experience of touching this still moist, fresh, and beautiful canvas of clay.
I have things now thrown and trimmed; moist, waiting, waiting to see. Will these be simply glazed or will a design be added to the surface? I don't know. Just as I don't know what design will evolve, I don't know what will happen to these new vessels.
I might think at times that I am the one deciding this, but in reality, I have no such plan. I am like the brush, just a willing instrument of whatever that which wills, creates.
My life, appears is a holy experiment.
More so than the empty sheet of paper standing naked, waiting for words, or canvass white and clean, this first touch is so intimate, most willing to be touched, and completed.
Of course I have my glazes, all these wonderful colors I want to use on porcelain, but if I use them, I miss this experience of touching this still moist, fresh, and beautiful canvas of clay.
I have things now thrown and trimmed; moist, waiting, waiting to see. Will these be simply glazed or will a design be added to the surface? I don't know. Just as I don't know what design will evolve, I don't know what will happen to these new vessels.
I might think at times that I am the one deciding this, but in reality, I have no such plan. I am like the brush, just a willing instrument of whatever that which wills, creates.
My life, appears is a holy experiment.
August 13, 2005
August 12, 2005
August 11, 2005
Forget me not!
Series of ware, I call Forget me nots. This is the third set , making 3 in a week, Almost complete. I did a glaze fire, it was ok, experimental. A few successes. I am waiting for drying to fire these three, and I am also hoping colors don't burn out too bad, I may have to redo the pink series of fushias. ~smile~
August 10, 2005
August 09, 2005
Art is my favorite past time....this is where I live
The Dungeness River Trail is one of my favorite places (on the peninsula)
friends chit chat in Marysville...home by the Bay...
Sunset from my house in Mukilteo.....
Rialto Beach where I camp a lot...but need to go this year ...
Tulips from Laconner where the tulips fest is every spring....
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