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Allow me to introduce myself:
My name is Diane Burnside and I live in the Oakanogan as a recent empty nester, with my two dogs "Nikita" and "Frodo" , where I spend my leasure time writing and collecting medicinal herbs and wild edibles.
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Discovering yourself through Chronic Fatigue SyndromeChronic Fatigue Syndrome (Hense forth refered to as "C.F.S." is a debilitating long term illness that has been misunderstood, misdiagnosed and generally speaking not givena great deal of respect by either the general populous or the medical community. The illness can be dif... More..
When I was 11 years old I was given my first dream journal. Actually, the gift was born of a sense of self preservation on the part of the giver,I do believe. You see,as a family, one of our morning rituals was to take turns telling each other our dreams over the breakfast table.My dreams were often epic in nature and I could... More..
The very word "Destiny" has an air of both mystery and finality about it, as if it were this illusive thing that we must find. This mythical final goal.Our language reflects this: we talk of our destiny as though there were only one outcome of our life, as if it were something we have to discover. We talk of finding our "Soul... More..
The once mighty river of matrimony no longer quite makes it to the sea . The high mortality rate of first time marriages bespeaks the end of an era.Traditional marriage got it's cohesion from a sense of mutual need,from the mutual goals of survival and child rearing. This was the glue that that kept many families together for... More..
In the years since single parent families have become the norm rather than the exception, a fair number of families have had to redefine what it means to be "Complete."Is a "Complete family" a family that consists of a mother, a father and a certain number of children?Or, is a family complete when the child is receiving the l... More..
In these trouble economic times it seems reasonable that those, lucky enough to have a job might suffer a certain amount of job insecurity, what with the possibility of lay-offs and downsizing looming over us like an ever present cloud of doom.It also seems understandable that those who have lost their job might by-pass insec... More..
Diane Burnside
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