2008 has
started with a bang. On New Year's Day, I had
a stroke. Not a simple one, no...a major one.
So for the past 4 months I've recovered...regaining
my memory, learning to use my left hand since the
right one has been slow at recovering, letting
people do things for me (really hard). And
learning that if things don't all get done, screw
it. :)
I have a very
simple philosophy now. I will enjoy things a
lot more. I will not ignore my health and when
my blood pressure is 280 over 170, I will not think
the machine must be broken.
I am still
enamored with herbal remedies. And I'm lucky I
have a nurse practitioner who believes in them as
well. I will not try to hide my feelings
in order to spare another's. If one is
behaving as an idiot, one will be told.
The new Herbalpedia has outsold our previous
editions. I'm working on the 2009 edition and
am really glad I had put this edition to bed when I
did. Made the new year much easier.
We're working on putting the Herbal Green Pages
online and hope to have it up by July 1. It
will be awesome.
Thank you so
much for all the cards. They were really
appreciated more than I can ever express. I
never realized how much so many of you cared.
:-)
And do stop in
at
Ask The Herbalist. We have a new one,
Loryhl Davis. She's already hard at work and
you see her answers and information on the
site. Karen Mallenger, our
previous herbalist, did a fantastic job, and we'll
be forever grateful.
Till next month
Maureen Rogers
Director,
The Herb Growing and
Marketing Network
and HerbNET's
(modified) slave
