**Let’s meet in a restaurant**
Is food the enemy?
Giving a dinner party has become
an ordeal. I lie awake the night
before figuring how to produce
a feast that is vegan, gluten free,
macrobiotic, avoiding all acidic
fruit and tomatoes, wine, all nuts,
low carb and still edible.
Are beetles okay for vegans?
Probably not. Forget chocolate
ants or fried grasshoppers.
Now my brains are cooked.
Our local newspaper recently published this letter http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/opinion/2015/08/27/guest-viewpoint-h…
We are a family of six, living in Tompkins County. We enjoy privileges: a medium-size home, a 10-year-old car with no car payments, the chance to live on one income (allowing me to stay home with our kids - including one with developmental/cognitive challenges), and enough money to buy healthy food.
In the moments between the crazy, I am treasuring brief bits of total magic. We have a new baby human at our house! Who three days ago went from upside down, umbilically-attached to me...to lung-breathing-infant On The Outside. She's so new that even though her eyes are bright, you can't yet tell what color they will be. Times like these, you really notice the transitory nature of the universe. Our baby had a time Inside, and is now launched. And this is how the transition went.
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GIRL!! Our newest little one arrived at 11:11am yesterday morning, surrounded by her family, friends, and midwives.
She's our biggest yet: 7lbs 4oz, and at the moment she has lots of dark hair.
Am feeling rather dazed but exultant. She is adorable and sleepy. The proud papa is doing well, as is the rest of the family...
Please send us good thoughts concerning the baby developing excellent nursing skills!!!
Love,
Sarabeth
Dear Family,
“People don’t want to be confused with facts that contradict their preconceived opinions.”
--Geoff Metcalf
"Sometimes medical care (like politics) is the art of the possible."
--William Walsh
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."
--Oliver Goldsmith
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I recently read [some information](http://www.berkeleywellness.com/self-care/preventive-care/article/vacci…) provided by an "infectious disease specialist" at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, who was asked, "How effective is the [measles] vaccine?"
Dear Family,
I have a huge disinclination to draw conclusions about anything health-related. I don't want to be known as That Person who recommends a healing modality after testing it for A Very Short Time, Announces Tremendous Results, and then...experiences a "Relapse" and never discusses said Modality again.
Dear Family,
"No Disease That Can Be Treated By diet Should Be Treated With any Other Means.”
- Maimonides
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I've been thinking recently that there are two sorts of people in the world: those who are dealing with significant health concerns, to the point where these concerns pretty much take over their lives...and those who aren't.
Then I thought, there is actually a third group: those whose lives are ruled by their health problems, but they (the people) don't realize it.
Dear Family,
"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and
feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize
fishing is stupid and boring."
--Desmond Tutu
"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see
the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the
people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you
started is not the same as never leaving."
-- Terry Pratchett, "A Hat Full of Sky"
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The notes that follow are my (Sarabeth's) summary of a talk given by Kelly Dorfman. Any inaccuracies in transcription are undoubtedly my fault, and I apologize for these in advance!
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