I'm an educator, advocate, and activist. I am working against school and government corruption on sbschooltalk.com and joincac.org (Consumer Advocacy Coalition was formed after Mental Health cut our supports and services rather than their administrative salaries.) I urge all DS Beepers to visit these websites and find bliss in pursuing your passions and a purposeful life. I walked across the United States (on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament), and live in the mountains above Santa Barbara, California. I married my husband in a ritual marriage of opposites---I was The Princess and he was The Stranger---on the Great Peace March; we have two wonderful children. My son is a student at Prescott College; my daughter is mentally retarded, but she has taught me a great deal about patience and understanding. I have a long story to tell.
I'm an educator, advocate, and activist. I am working against school and government corruption on sbschooltalk.com and joincac.org (Consumer Advocacy Coalition was formed after Mental Health cut our supports and services rather than their administrative salaries.) I urge all DS Beepers to visit these websites and find bliss in pursuing your passions and a purposeful life. I walked across the United States (on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament), and live in the mountains above Santa
Education reform, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, theatre, special needs children, educational rights, restorative justice, hot tubs and saunas, seasonal celebrations and holiday rituals, good books, new theories on how the mind works and what makes the world go 'round. "Travel light in life, take only what you need: a loving family, good friends, simple pleasures, someone to love and someone to love you, enough to wear, enough to eat, and a little more than enough to drink, for thirst is a dangerous thing."
Education reform, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, theatre, special needs children, educational rights, restorative
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longstory changed their mood to Bad 11:20pm
longstory wrote a discussion post in the Bipolar Disorder support group: Video: longstory in dance performance 11:55pm
This is My Year of Living Dangerously. Here's a video of The First Day: Timber! Monica Robles is the…
longstory changed their mood to Good 11:49pm
longstory wrote a journal entry: My Year of Living Dangerously...It's a Long Story 11:38pm
This is a video of the Dance Performance at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden---Timber!http://imijwurks.com/…
longstory gave whiterose356 a hug 11:32pm
Kick back and enjoy a good rest. I'm in rehearsal for a Tai Chi Sword performance...and here's a video…
October 24, 2009 11:38pm
This is a video of the Dance Performance at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden---Timber!
http://imijwurks.com/ Tomorrow is the dress rehearsal for …
October 16, 2009 12:39am
I've been so busy on my FIVE WEBSITES. I've picked up some MAJOR SUPPORT from around the country.
SHIFT …
August 2, 2009 12:20am
Dear Family, Friends, and Colleagues,MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON! (And it's not too late for you to join me.)I leave for …
Hi Kate,
I sent you an email, but it got sent back to me. I have sent it again. Let me know if you get it. I'd love to hear how you got on in Washington! I'm looking for a school for Alex, at the moment....
Hope you are well and Happy!
Hugs,
Ellie x
hugs to you and i wish u happiness
have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Kate,
I really liked the Dr Seuss quote you sent me. I hope you are having a great weekend.
I am feeling a little fragmented at the moment. I am supposed to be packing for our move, but I am absolutely aching all over. If the painkillers kick in, I'll get on with things. Hope you will have a lovely week. What are your birthday plans....and did you manage to live your year 'out loud' (I love that). Do you know your birthday is 2 days before we move...so just in case things get any more hectic, I want to wish you a Very Happy Birthday in advance. What is your theme for this coming year? Hugs, Ellie x
Hi Longstory, hope you're feeling well and doing ok. Letting you know that I've been thinking of you! Lots of love to you! xxxx Shar
I developed TMJ after having dental work. I went to several dentists and finally found specialists and a great TMJ physical therapist in my own back yard. I'm okay, but I have a great deal of tension in my jaw.
I was re-diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Makes so much sense---I have ADD with occasional mild depression and hypo-mania. PTSD resulted from an epic and landmark legal battle over my special needs daughter's educational rights. I won, but lost much more than I bargained for. Off medication, I practice Tai Chi and Qi Gong for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. I value my DS friends and online support. Check out www.sbschooltalk.ning.com!
The school nurse found 45 degree curves when I was thirteen years old. Dr. McMaster took my case to the 1963 AMA convention and they decided against surgery, opting for a body cast for two years. Now, I have 69 degree lumbar and dorsal curves, so it's pretty balanced, and I manage the pain with Tai Chi and Qi Gong.
I suffer from Post-Trumatic Stress Disorder from a 1975 rape at knife and gun point and from seven years of school district retaliation in a landmark and epic battle for educational rights, IDEA and ADA issues. Complicating matters is rare genetic anomoly---a missing protein---so I have angio-neurotic edema. Stress can trigger "fight or flight" but I can't stop the bio-chemical release and my throat swells so that I can suffocate in twenty minutes. Interesting.
