healing

  • Connie, the Animal Artist

    Connie was my illustrator on “All My Relations” and “Heart in the Wild.” I love her work, and I love her. Talk about a gentle, child-like spirit! I’m pleased to introduce you to her work—contact her, get an animal portrait! Hi, Susan: Oooh – I’m so glad I found you again! I never thought to…

  • Dr. MARILYN

    Hi Susan, I’d love to be part of your community – how can I resist – a community that shares my love of dogs and  cats, horses, woodpeckers  and rats! I’m  Marilyn. I’m a holistic veterinarian with a house call practice on Vancouver Island, Canada. My family consists of my husband, three wonderful cat companions…

  • I love you Bernie Siegel

    Dr. Bernie Siegel—healing visionary and animal lover—was one of the special reasons I survived cancer.  His book, “Love, Medicine, and Miracles” was my bible for those scary years. I’m honored to have him here in this community, sharing photos, and his poetic, goofy, and wonderful words. Welcome aboard, Bernie—I worship at your lotus feet… hey…

  • Welcome, Valerie!

    Susan, This is a great idea, to introduce ourselves…To start, my name is Valerie. I now live on the Pacific Northwest coast in California. For those of you who don’t know, all of California is NOT sun, beaches with Palm trees and tans. it is cold, rocky sometimes sunny with Redwoods and no tans. I…

  • Meet Ann and the Ratties

    Susan! I’m forwarding you a photo taken by daughter Devyn of our two “little girls” … Lovely little pet rats/pocket pets named Belle and Molly (Belle is the black one).Devyn is planning to draw a “yin-yang” illustration of them for her art class. We are “pocket pet” people here. :-} I’m guessing there must be…

  • In Praise of Silence

    “…we often misunderstand what quiet means. It doesn’t mean the absence of sound. Some sounds foster silence, like the Gregorian chant that I sang and directed when I lived in a religious order. Some sounds in nature add to the quiet rather than take away from it….My dog doesn’t talk, so we are dedicated to…