Freedom Garden Update

This third year garden hosts a mixture of annuals, perennials and animals as it changes, like life does. Please join me in the audio garden tonight, Tuesday April 30, at 8pm EDT, for the L&BH Hour for Readers and Writers, live on WLBH.org.

This third year garden hosts a mixture of annuals, perennials and animals as it changes, like life does. Please join me in the audio garden tonight, Tuesday April 30, at 8pm EDT, for the L&BH Hour for Readers and Writers, live on WLBH.org. Lucy’s Nest

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Chasing Frank

My son, John, wanted to name them Bart and Fart, but I refused, so he's Frank, always the most trouble.... John wasn't around this time, when I asked Robbie and Ryan to move the goats to the old dog yard which has been mostly untended since an eagle kille

My son, John, wanted to name them Bart and Fart, but I refused, so he’s Frank, always the most trouble…. John wasn’t around this time, when I asked Robbie and Ryan to move the goats to the old dog yard which has been mostly untended since an eagle killed one of my hens back there. I’ve been keeping the chickens in their runs since then and the yard mostly has invasive plants growing, like…

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The Company We Keep

Who keeps you company when you eat? I’m not asking who you sit with. I’m curious what emotions you bring to the table.  If we bring loneliness or unworthiness to the table, then no amount of food will ever satiate. If we bring joy and satisfaction with us, we won’t be trying to fill up our feelings with food. On the other hand if we do NOT feel a lot of joy or satisfaction in life, then…

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Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés - Women Who Run with the Wolves

Call her Our Lady, La Nuestra Señora, Holy Mother—or one of her thousands of other names,” says Dr. Estés. “She wears hundreds of costumes, dozens of skin tones, is patroness of deserts, mountains, stars and oceans. Thus she comes to us in billions of ima

S2E13 Mary Oishi Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype Call her Our Lady, La Nuestra Señora, Holy Mother—or one of her thousands of other names,” says Dr. Estés. “She wears hundreds of costumes, dozens of skin tones, is patroness of deserts, mountains, stars and oceans. Thus she comes to us in billions of images, but at her center, she is the Great…

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Dr. Tara Swart - The Source

For the first time, a Neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at MIT reveals the surprising science that supports The Law of Attraction as an effective tool for self-discovery and offers a guide to discovering your authentic self to access your best life now.

S2E14 Dr. Tara Swart The Source For the first time, a Neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at MIT reveals the surprising science that supports The Law of Attraction as an effective tool for self-discovery and offers a guide to discovering your authentic self to access your best life now. Self-help books like The Secret show us that if we can tap into ‘The Law of Attraction’, we have the power…

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Chick Check Day 3

Chick Check Day 3 Honestly, I think it’s Day 3. I don’t think I heard their cheeping until Day 2. I decided to convert my tool shed/ dump shed into a bird nursery, since I plan to infuse my chicken flock with some new blood. So look out for a yard sale coming soon… By then

Honestly, I think it’s Day 3. I don’t think I heard their cheeping until Day 2. I decided to convert my tool shed/dump shed into a bird nursery, since I plan to infuse my chicken flock with some new blood, and keep these Muscovy safe until they are big enough to avoid hawk and eagle attacks. So look out for a yard sale coming soon… By then they will be out of this box. I thought there were 12 but…

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Sharon Scott - Low Power FM for Dummies

There are approximately 2000 low power FM radio stations in the United States. That number will grow as more licenses are issued in the coming years. Low Power FM For Dummies walks you through the key steps you need to take to establish, manage, and help

S2E15 Sharon Scott Low Power FM For Dummies There are approximately 2000 low power FM radio stations in the United States. That number will grow as more licenses are issued in the coming years. Low Power FM For Dummies walks you through the key steps you need to take to establish, manage, and help run one of these hyper-local broadcast operations. You’ll get easy-to-follow help on everything…

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s2e14 Ernie Brill, Ernest Brawley & Beverly Parayno talk about life and writing

The audio garden is bursting with Spring plenitude. Tony Robles talks with ERNIE BRILL about life and writing poetry, and ERNEST BRAWLEY about his life as a novelist. BEVERLY PARAYNO brings us a bouquet of wildflowers, a sampling from a lecture she gave r

s2e14 Ernie Brill, Ernest Brawley & Beverly Parayno talk about life and writing Streaming LIVE! – Tuesday, April 23 – 8pm (EST) – WLBH.org WBLH.org Podcast available Thursday April 25 at ListenAndBeHeard.net SHOW NOTES s2e14April 23, 2024The audio garden is bursting with Spring plenitude. Tony Robles talks with ERNIE BRILL about life and writing poetry, and ERNEST BRAWLEY about his life as a…

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Beverly Parayno - Wildflowers

Wildflowers is a long-awaited debut by the Californian writer Beverly Parayno. In these nine unforgettable stories, spanning several generations and traversing the Philippines, the Bay Area, and Ireland, Parayno illuminates the emotional an

S2E14 Beverly Parayno Wildflowers Wildflowers is a long-awaited debut by the Californian writer Beverly Parayno. In these nine unforgettable stories, spanning several generations and traversing the Philippines, the Bay Area, and Ireland, Parayno illuminates the emotional and psychological journeys of Filipino and Filipino American girls and women experiencing fear, desire, loneliness, and…

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Ernest Brawley - Blood Moon

In the year 1880, an impoverished, half-English journalist named Eduardo Dawson, hitching from Mexico for the American border, meets three fellow travelers who could not be more different. The first is Phoebe Surgener, a wry, strong-willed American ranch

S2E14 Ernest Brawley Blood Moon In the year 1880, an impoverished, half-English journalist named Eduardo Dawson, hitching from Mexico for the American border, meets three fellow travelers who could not be more different. The first is Phoebe Surgener, a wry, strong-willed American ranch lady of obvious wealth and influence. The second is Pleasant Honeyflower, a seedy, fast-talking phony…

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Ernest Brawley - The Rap

The roiling action of Ernest Brawley’s novel The Rap takes place in and around a penitentiary much like San Quentin. The time is the early 70s, when George Jackson, Angela Davis and others were agitating for prison reform, and the authorities were doing e

S2E14 Ernest Brawley The Rap The roiling action of Ernest Brawley’s novel The Rap takes place in and around a penitentiary much like San Quentin. The time is the early 70s, when George Jackson, Angela Davis and others were agitating for prison reform, and the authorities were doing everything they could do to thwart them. A young, sympathetic guard, Arvin Weed, attends night classes at a…

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Ernie Brill - Journeys of Voices & Choices

Ernie Brill’s rich, memorable poems reflect his encyclopedic and kaleidoscopic mind. From Brooklyn street life to war in Southeast Asia and occupation in the Middle East, his words do not rest. Yes, they become those journeys to another way of seeing ever

S2E14 Ernie Brill Journeys of Voices & Choices “Ernie Brill’s rich, memorable poems reflect his encyclopedic and kaleidoscopic mind. From Brooklyn street life to war in Southeast Asia and occupation in the Middle East, his words do not rest. Yes, they become those journeys to another way of seeing every place and time he brings us to, envisioning a way out of here when the going gets kind of…

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Baby Muscovy

This lady found the perfect nesting spot under the deck where the hawks can’t get to her babies. I heard them chirping and put them in this box to keep them safe. Mama wasn’t going to leave them alone in there. I’ll have to move them in a few days to something bigger.​

This lady found the perfect nesting spot under the deck where the hawks can’t get to her babies. I heard them chirping and put them in this box to keep them safe. Mama wasn’t going to leave them alone in there. I’ll have to move them in a few days to something bigger. Mama and baby Muscovy safe under the deck.

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S2E13 William Giraldi on manhood, sacrifice, body building and blood

It’s still poetry month here in the US and we are still celebrating, of course, with poetry brought to us by the People’s Poet, Tony Robles, who also brought us an interview with William Giraldi, author  of “Hold  the  Dark,"  now  a  Netflix  feature  fi

S2E13 William Giraldi on manhood, sacrifice, body building and blood AIRING LIVE – Tuesday, April 16 at 8pm (EST) – WLBH.org WLBH.org SHOW NOTES S2E13April 17, 2024 It’s still poetry month here in the US and we are still celebrating, of course, with poetry brought to us by the People’s Poet, Tony Robles, who also brought us an interview with William Giraldi, author  of “Hold  the  Dark,” …

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William Giraldi - The Hero's Body

At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi’s father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road. This tragedy, which forever altered the young Giraldi and devastated his family, provides the pulse for The Hero’s Body. In t

S2E12 William Giraldi ​The Hero’s Body “Hold tight. The way to go mad without losing your mind is sometimes unruly.” So begins La Marr A memoir of motorcycles and muscles, of obsession and grief, and of a young man who learned how to stay alive through literature. At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi’s father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road.…

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WTF am I supposed to eat?!

How much health and vitality can we create when we play with releasing processed foods, and enjoy real food instead?  When my clients embark on a health journey like this, they often ask in despair, “WTF am I supposed to eat?!” I’m SUPER excited that I’ve now created a collection of recipes to answer that question! My new full-color PDF recipe booklet consists of 44 pages containing 37 simple,…

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S2E12 Climate Resilience Spring Special

Martha Cinader goes into deepthink mode with Meredith Leigh, author of The Ethical Meat Handbook and thinker of thoughts still asking to be manifested. With the optimism that blossoms with Spring, the conversation focuses on alternatives to capitalism, ho

S2E12 Climate Resilience Spring Special [link to transcript] SHOW NOTES S2E12April 10, 2024Martha Cinader goes into deepthink mode with Meredith Leigh, author of The Ethical Meat Handbook and thinker of thoughts still asking to be manifested. With the optimism that blossoms with Spring, the conversation focuses on alternatives to capitalism, honoring indigenous wisdom, revolutionary madness,…

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