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Old 08-31-2002, 07:33 PM   #31
Leslie Ficcaglia Leslie Ficcaglia is offline
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What a beautiful painting, Mike. Your grandmother was a real master. Did she sell her work or simply paint to enjoy it? And do you know when this was done? Such a timeless subject; it could have taken place any time in the last hundred years (I'm assuming that the breed of dog isn't very old, though.)

I agree with Marvin and Karin about diet and environment. We garden organically and used to raise our own lamb and produce milk from our goats. The whole family also went on the Feingold diet when our son was diagnosed with ADHD. I have often thought that the current prevalence of such formerly unusual neurological disorders has a lot to do with the environmental assaults we're subject to on a daily basis. There are so many substances added to our air, water and food inadvertently, and then there are such things as antibiotics, growth hormones, chlorine and fluoride added deliberately. We don't eat macrobiotically or even totally organically because it's too difficult, but we do try to avoid whatever toxins we can. And back to another thread, I also used to do a lot of acupressure and meridian clearing, although I haven't for a long time. I feel strongly that there's a lot more to the way we fit into and interact with our environment, to say nothing of the universe, than mainstream science is willing to acknowledge.

This is a long way from Genesis oils. I've seen the ads and figured that it had to be a gimmick, so this is very interesting.
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