More Medicine Bags

May 12, 2009

Some of you are aware that volunteers from around the globe have been helping with a project called, “The Good Medicine Project.” It’s one of those “feel good” projects. The medicine bags and charms that you see on this page will be given to children at Camp Sanguinity, a summer camp for kids with cancer [...]

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My Muse Assures Me That Grief Is Good

April 30, 2009

[Editor's note: If you have been here before, you might know that my Muse is just ONE of the voices that talk regularly in my head. This isn't our first conversation. The Muse is a bit childish. She loves to play dress up, go out and play or shop, eat chocolate, guzzle triple-shot mochas, and [...]

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More Gifts For Kids With Cancer. The Good Medicine Project.

April 13, 2009

We have 78 out of the 140 medicine bags needed to supply the children at Camp Sanguinity Summer Camp with gifts. The camp is in the first week of July (two and a half months away). Thank you Molly N. in Seffner, Florida And thanks to Marilyn B. in Winter Park, Florida Volunteers for Good [...]

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Good Medicine Project. Halfway There

March 31, 2009

I surely do appreciate all the hard work and love that I’m seeing in the mailbox. Look at these beautiful medicine bags and charms that folks have sent for Camp Sanguinity! From Megumi T., in Osaka, Japan From Kyoko Y. in Kanazawa Ishikawa, Japan. Marlene F. in Ann Arbor Michigan Carol G. in Sacramento, CA [...]

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The Good Medicine Project Gives Me Chills!

March 23, 2009

Every time I open a package or get another e-mail, the hairs on my arms stand on end. It is so exciting to hear the stories people tell me, and to open a package filled with love for us to give to a child with cancer. My friend Carol, in California, is busily making tags [...]

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Charmed, I’m Sure

March 16, 2009

I’ve been sifting through these lovely charms that my friend Lynda (in Fort Worth) sent for The Good Medicine Project. Many of these polished stones are amethyst, which are considered to have “calming and peaceful” properties. I know the kids battling cancer will appreciate those. She also sent three wonderful medicine bags, as did Wendy [...]

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Brought To You By The Letter “L.” Only The Good Friday.

February 27, 2009

The “L” for today stands for “Lola.” She is a delightful jewelry maker and blogger, in the Canary Islands of Spain, who has a heart as big as Dallas, TX. Look at what she sent me in the mail: BubbleShare: Share photos – Find great Clip Art Images. [Editor's Note: Just found out how to [...]

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Whoot! Buttons For The Good Medicine Project!

January 27, 2009

Is that cool, or what? Allison, over at Angel Gal’s Realm, saw the need for a snazzy button and snagged some pictures from the Flickr site to put into an animated gif. If you’d like to use this in a post to promote The Good Medicine Project, feel free to do so. Just save the [...]

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Behind The Scenes Of The Good Medicine Project

January 26, 2009

GIFTS FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER, AND THEIR SIBLINGS, WHO WILL ATTEND CAMP SANGUINITY IN JULY, 2009 www.flickr.com I thought it might be good to let those of you participating in The Good Medicine Project know exactly what happens to the bags and charms you send me. I guess more than anything I’m trying to prove [...]

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The Good Medicine Project. Gifts For Children With Cancer.

January 7, 2009

Were you ever sick when you were a little kid? Maybe you had the flu, or tonsillitis, and you had to stay in bed; you couldn’t get out and play for a few days. If that happened to you, you might remember feeling a bit lonesome during that time. On the eve of my sixth [...]

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More Medicine Bags

December 16, 2008

These gifts of love for a child with cancer are warming me up today. At least, on the inside. I’ve procrastinated on opening mail the last few days (didn’t want to touch anything with ointment on my hands). This morning, I opened packages from Sherry at Yellow Rose’s Garden, Barbara at Purplemoose Gazette, and Sheila [...]

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Good Medicine Project Update

December 4, 2008

Do you have tiny trinkets tucked in the drawers that could be “lucky charms?” Are you “crafty?” We need your help to share some love with children with cancer. You can even help if you blog, just by spreading the word. www.flickr.com thiseclecticlife’s Good Medicine: The Medicine Bag Project photoset I have twenty medicine bags [...]

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I’m Gainfully Employed this Week

November 10, 2008

I’m going to have to “phone it in” to the blog this week. Except that I don’t know how to do that. What I mean to say is that I’m not going to be at my computer much. I have work in the real world (Yippee Skippee!) and it is all quite a long drive [...]

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Some Thank You’s And An Invitation

October 30, 2008

Isn’t it a huge relief to get home from a trip? I just got home from a pretty grueling road trip to Houston. Mind you, I’m not complaining, because it meant work and a paycheck (Hallelujah!). However that trip has left me with a “full plate” of things to do today, and I’m going to [...]

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Pressure Cooker

October 13, 2008

I think I know how Mount St. Helens felt before she ERUPTED! This is after she blew her top, but you get the drift. So much pressure is building and I’m trying to stay calm and centered. Forgive me, but it’s not happening! I’ll tell you about that in a minute. First, let me go [...]

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Link Love Again

October 9, 2008

When I first began this blog, I often sent you to view posts by some of my favorite bloggers. Lately, I’ve been remiss. For my 49th Thursday Thirteen, I decided to tell you about some posts I’ve seen that I liked AND about some happenings around my place. I know you are busy trying to [...]

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Until It’s In The Bag

September 24, 2008

Greasy wool transformed. Dyed, hand-twisted, and knitted. Good Medicine Bag. Pardon the poor Haiku. I spent yesterday creating a medicine bag for a child I will never know. A boy, probably. A boy who either has cancer or is the brother of a child with cancer. All I know is that he will attend Camp [...]

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Believe It!

September 6, 2008

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” This, my friends, is The Storyteller’s Creed. I have lived [...]

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Scavenger Hunt

August 31, 2008

I’m going around the house looking for lucky charms (like this “storyteller” charm, which is about an inch tall). It’s a scavenger hunt; that’s what Jamie said I am doing with this new project I envision. I need you to help me! I was calling it The Medicine Bag Project, but she suggested just calling [...]

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A Medicine Bag?

March 4, 2008

Don’t y’all go looking at me like I’m crazy! I wanted to make a “medicine bag.” Not for me! For Share A Square. I’ve shown you the afghans we are making for the children at Camp Sanguinity Cancer camp. Each one has 48 name tags on it to show the 48 people from around the [...]

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