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So I have begrudgingly stumbled into passing grades in nursing fundamentals, health assessment and sociology.  My pursuit of a nursing license was almost derailed due to procrastination, but fortunately the massive comprehensive final exam was easier than expected.  Of course, it does not help my situation that I am working full time.  Apparently next semesterContinue reading “December 2015”

As a child, I watched Sesame Street (and cartoons) and Mr. Rogers neighborhood.  And as a child, I did not realize how special Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood of kindness actually was. After watching these two clips below, I found myself weeping.  It takes a lot to make me cry, so maybe it was just time toContinue reading “Powerful kindness takes many forms”

I heard a story on NPR today about the traditional Polynesian sailing vessel known as Hokulei’a (out of Hawai’i).  I got the chance to see this large sailing canoe about 7 or 8 years ago in Hawai’i.  It is impressive. What is more impressive is that some ambitious voyagers are taking the craft around theContinue reading “Looking for hope about our planet’s future? Here’s a story worth sharing:”

I plan to post at least once a week starting soon.  At present, school is keeping me quite busy.  I will get a short break in August and then I really start nursing school.  Exciting! If you have not seen this, some of these posts are right on.  I have only reviewed a few, butContinue reading “another great astrology resource”

This is a great blog for various topics about astrology.  Here is an article about Venus retrograde.  Venus will be going retrograde in July for about 40 days.  It might be good to read up about it ahead of time – so you can see if you have any of those tendencies to look outContinue reading “a great blog for various Astrology nuanced topics”

I’m just posting a breathless missive here.  Today is one of the busiest of the past few years – I have two exams this week, I’m starting a nursing class today and I have a 2 hour CPR class as well.  I am prepping for nursing school, so there are many dead lines coming andContinue reading “Busiest day of my summer”

If you live in the Central Virginia area, or if you will be in Charlottesville around July 5th, the Tibetan Association of Charlottesville will be hosting a fun afternoon and evening to celebrate H.H. the Dalai Lama’s birthday. It is going to be at Unity Church on Hydraulic Road on Sunday July 5th. From 3:30Continue reading “C’ville celebration of His Holiness’ birthday”

http://naturaldentistry.us/holistic-dentistry/meridian-tooth-chart-from-encinitas-dentist/ I am mainly posting this so I can find it again with ease.  It took a little searching to find this site – I have clicked through it a little.  Anyone know how accurate it is? Thanks for visiting my blog! ~KM

I am saddened by all the gruesome pictures coming back from the 7.9 earthquake which struck the Himalayan region on Saturday.  Nepal is going to need support for some time to come.  What I keep reading though is that money is the best way to support them – and unless we are a part ofContinue reading “Legit ways to donate to Nepal’s disaster relief”

I just wanted to post that I just found out that I got accepted into nursing school!  There is much to do now and more deadlines to meet, but how fantastic!  All my years of hard work are paying off! One step at a time… More on Pluto later (I have less time than IContinue reading “great news!”