Fostering a Guide Dog for the Blind

JUST APPLIED!!!

https://www.guidingeyes.org/how-to-help/volunteer/puppy-raising/become-a-puppy-raiser/program-policies/?tfa_next=%2Fresponses%2Flast_success%26sid%3D10039e1f4c3a3c189bfb682817099cd1



Another alternative:  Duke's Puppy Kindergarten  https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/03/want-to-see-some-puppies-this-duke-center-will-let-you

see them at Bio Sci.  Room 2A

Gratitude for This Month -- April

Around this time each month, I make a list of 100 things I'm grateful for, so here goes:

1.  Making an extension on my taxes.
2.  nice visit w/ my bro last week
3.  the beautiful male cardinal that sang its heart out on my patio a couple of times last week.
4.  Apples from Whole Foods
5.  This place in France:  St. Maixeu
6.  started writing poems based on my father's WWI letters
7.  no cavities at the dentist
8.  made contact with my cousin in canada
9.  the possibility that trump might be impeached
10.  i forgave someone
11.  podcasts
12.  leah, the reference librarian
13.  u.va's special collections
14.  john's help with family documents
15.  Muriel Rukeyser, a poet
16.  triptych
17.  dance classes on Sundays
18.  meditating w a group
19.  peggy, a friend in MD.
20.  Carey
21.  attending a speech by Johnetta Cole at Rubenstein
22.  seeing Laura Michael again
23.  kelly, archives librarian
24.  steevie's beach retreat
25.  the poetry and story of Alan Seegar
26.  pansies
27.  my therapist
28.  my mother and father
29.  having a new doc
30.  knowing about Pointe du Hoc
31.  the music of Ravel
32.  Debussy
33.  family photographs
34.  morning stretches
35.  energy
36.  stacey in CA
37.  healthy breakfasts
38.  Matthew 11:  28-30
39.  made 2 credit card payments
40.  hearing a whippoorwill
41.  margot saying Hi, Grandma!
42.  getting a haircut
43.  soup!
44.  white beans
45.  black beans
46.  avocados
47.  mindful meditation
48.  mindful eating
49.  a vigil at emily's and will's tonight
50.  their children
51.  continuing ed. credits
52.  willingness to contribute to the greater good
53.   lentils for lunch
54.  taking a class on Positive Psychology....to be continued
55.  ShaLeigh Fairbanks
56.  Stacy
57.  Monika
58.  emotional support dogs, cuz i'd like to have one!
59.  ADF coming soon
60.  inspiration
61   4 syllable inspiring statements
62.  Church on Sun.
63.  meditation meetings
64.  Batsheva Dance Company
65...i went to Pilobolus' week-long dance workshop
66.  Mike Tyus
67.  this phrase --- movement is the movement
68.  Mike Tyus!
69.  Sofia from last year's Pilobolus class
70.  he and his company will perform at the Santa Monica Pier this week-end!
71.  Gaga Technique
72.  Batshevia Dance Company
73.  Megan Yankee
74.  Signed up to volunteer at 3 ADF performances this summer
75.  Morgan and Maggie
76.  Having enough
77.  ShaLeigh Fairbanks
78.  local dance companies
79.  my sweet experience with sofia at the pilobolus workshop last summer
80.  the neighborhood library
81.  healthy granddaughters
82.  Shannon
83.  Janis
84.  blocking a friend who wouldn't stop insulting me in person and online   (some friend?  sick friend?)
85.  feeling tired and relaxed
86.  20 breaths meditation
87.  mindfullness
88.  mindfull eating
89.  three meals a day -- nothing in between
90.  mindful meditation in 5 minutes
91.  the phrase "easy does it"
92.  i haven't fallen
93.  having my feet up
94.  Siegfried Sasson
95.  Patrick at the library -- Yay, Patrick!
96.  same thing or Larry
97.  seeing margaret at the library
98.  their new gizmo in the children's dept.
99.  children's librarians
100.  "Holy Breath"
101.  "HALT"
102.  allowing myself to be tired
103.  having my feet up
104.  no YouTube tonite
105.  Jonus at the Clubhouse
106.  Alan Seegar and his beautiful poem:  "I have a rendezvous with death."
107.  turning my head to the right
108.  to the left
109.  freedom from worry for the past 5 min.

Good News for Women with Stomas Due to IBD

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47212402

Attractive pouches

A more active lifestyle

Support groups