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Retraining My Brain: Part 2

This is part 2 in a series about finding a solution to my chronic pain. Best to start with part 1 before reading this one. Let’s do a quick refresher before I add more new information. Normally, the brain has very clear distinctions between body parts—this leg vs that one, right foot vs...

Retraining My Brain: Part 1

Image by wangyanwei from Pixabay The Back Story Ten months ago, I had surgery on my right foot and was told I’d be “good as new” in eight to twelve weeks. But twelve weeks came and went and pain was still my constant companion. It was infuriating! We had supposedly fixed the thing causing...

Reunited At Last

Hello dear blog readers – I apologize for my long absence but between starting work again (back at Lake Area Discovery Center doing marketing again after 10 years away) and single parenting while Nick’s in Baghdad, I just couldn’t seem to find any leftover time to do all...

The Unexpected Magic of Square Dancing

As we shift to Fall in Bend, I find myself equal parts grateful and exhausted. We spent the summer bopping from place to place–DC for National History Day in early June, then Minnesota for a month, Richmond, VA for a week, DC for another two weeks, then Bend, OR and Baghdad, Iraq...