Autumn Equinox 2008

2008 Autumn Equinox/Winter Solstice Issue

PARIAH ~ A Healing Journal ~

Perpetuating the use of radical knowledge, subversion, frugality, simple health care and creative expression to empower personal healing from chronic illness and injury.

Arts

Soul Collage ~ Kathy Fitzpatrick

Poem~ Jon Neiss

Book Review

The Endangered Brain ~ Dr. Kaye Kilburn

Comet Hunter

Autumn Equinox Astronomy

Eco Blogs

Wildflower Stew ~ Rebecca Swan

Letting Go

Vagabonds in Conflict~ Lucinda Hodges

PARIAH People

Ever Wonder Why You're So Different?~ Kate Goldfield

My Non Toxic Wedding~ Jennifer D’Alvarez

PARIAH Reader's

Talk to us!

Passing's

Daniel Hanson ~Lucinda

Root Cellar

Chick Pea Curry~ Rachel Rogel

Fruit/Citrus Roasted Veggies ~ L. Hodges

Kathy's Raw Food Holiday Recipes

Roasted White Beans with Miso ~ L Hodges

Seasonal Healing

Interview with Joyce Le Fleur on the Light Brown Apple Moth~ Kathy Fitzpatrick

Shameless Self Promotion

Empowered Goddess, Interview

Pariah Blog Roll

Spiritual Healing

The Great Escape~ Henry Thomas

My Year of Living Dangerously

~on a wing and a prayer~

By Lucinda Hodges

In life some years slip by unnoticed like water through a sieve. Then there are those years that resonate and will be remembered for a lifetime. Some of those years are treasured for the joy they bring, other years for the great depth and breadth of the sorrow. This year has been such a year for me. A year scarred by unavoidable exposures, followed by illness, and the unforeseen and tragic deaths of dear friends and family members: what I call my year of living dangerously.

There certainly have been good years. Years in which I was stronger than I thought I could be, and that unseen tide lifted me like a surge in the wake of a storm, which I rode like a wave, for all it was worth.

All of us living with severe chemical injuries have experienced this kind of intrepid danger. The danger is hard to avoid and comes with the biological terrain we inherit after being harmed, even crippled, by toxins of all kinds; molds, emfs, and chemicals. We quickly learn our lives are never really our own again. For better or worse our bodies retain the memory of both the good and the not-so-good.

Since my chemical injury over a decade ago, I have felt my health ebb and flow like a tide. A tide I can only acknowledge but never control. There certainly have been good years. Years in which I was stronger than I thought I could be, and that unseen tide lifted me like a surge in the wake of a storm, which I rode like a wave, for all it was worth. And just as quickly the tide has turned and left me beached --floundering-- to regain my strength and sense of self all over again.

And that is what, Pariah, A Healing Journal, is about for me. Tapping into the tide of life, letting it flow through me, becoming a apart of me, and hopefully a part of all of you.

For this reason, I never take for granted the things I can and do accomplish. I cherish the time I am able to give to developing and exploring my own source of creativity. Because without a sustaining source of replenishment the tide will only drain away from us never to return to lift our spirits again. And that is what, Pariah, A Healing Journal, is about for me. Tapping into the tide of life, letting it flow through me, becoming a apart of me, and hopefully a part of all of you.

Lucinda Hodges lives in Montana where she home schools her children, tends her garden, wild crafts herbal remedies, writes and maintains websites for Pariah and Toxic Trains.

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