In the May/June 2017 issue of Reptiles Magazine there’s a great article called “Reptiles as Therapy Pets,” by Alexia P. Bullard, who asks, “Who says a pet snake or lizard can’t provide emotional support?” As the mommy and caretaker of three Eastern Box Turtles and a Red-Eared Slider, I can definitely say that caring for…Read more Cold-Blooded Comfort
Cheerful chickens
Today is Day #6 for the incubation of my button quail. On Day #13 I’ll remove the eggs from the auto-rotator and put them on the flat, wire mesh bottom of the incubator. On Day #16, they could start hatching!! Yipppeee! In the meantime, I keep checking the humidity level, which should be 40-60%, and…Read more Cheerful chickens
Stay Tuned for Eggs-citing Developments
There's nothing like new life to lift one's spirits. Some people find it in gardening, others find it working with kids. For me, this lift comes from incubating Button quail eggs. My breeding couple are Edwin and Zooey. Edwin, on the left, is 4 years old, and Zooey is about 18 months. She lays a little, cream-colored, spotted egg every…Read more Stay Tuned for Eggs-citing Developments
Book news!
I'm happy to announce that Koehler Books will be publishing my book, GIVING PAWS: Having a Service Dog for a Hidden Disability. It will be available in October 2017. Like my first book, THE OXYGEN MASK RULE, (2012), GIVING PAWS is about finding hope. The recent popularity of service dogs for people with hidden or "invisible" disabilities has…Read more Book news!
Building my blog!
Yes, I'm finally starting a blog! Actually, my dear sister Rachel is building it, but I'm glad it's happening. Today I feel wildly hopeful and inexplicably energetic. I feel so good, I could see skipping my tube feeding tonight...maybe stop it completely! I could be having a manic episode, I suppose. I failed to mention in my blog explanation…Read more Building my blog!
“In my head I’m still in my 20s.”
98-Year-Old Stays Young With Yoga, Ballroom Dancing The Guinness Book of World Records calls Tao Porchon-Lynch the world’s oldest yoga instructor. Besides teaching eight classes every week, she’s also a ballroom dancer -- and that’s just what she’s been doing lately. http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/98-year-old-stays-young-with-yoga-ballroom-dancing-908653635944
Dogged Hope
Anyone living with a physical or mental illness knows how easy it is to lose hope. I have an immune deficiency disease and colitis, which have made me dependent on a feeding tube, and I battle depression and anorexia, so I often feel hopeless. But over the years I have discovered things that lift me out of the abyss, the most important being my animal family. Currently I have 4 turtles, 4 quail and 3 dogs, one of whom is my service dog, Henry. My experience with Henry inspired me to write my second book, GIVING PAWS: Having a Service Dog for a Hidden Disability, due in October 2017. Martha Thompson
Award winning finalist!!!
I am thrilled to share that my book is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Women's Issues category of the 2012 International Book Awards" The Oxygen Mask Rule: How My Battle With Anorexia Taught Me How To Survive by Martha L. Thompson I will be attending the NY Book Expo next month, yay! For more info…Read more Award winning finalist!!!
Great article on Oxygen Mask Rule in Hurriyet, Turkey’s leading newspaper
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/anoreksiya-hastasi-abdli-kadinin-turkiye-de-aldigi-ders-19940786 Anoreksiya hastası ABD'li kadının Türkiye’de aldığı ders Emre KIZILKAYA / Dış Açı 18 Şubat 2012 Anoreksiya hastası Martha Thompson’ın yıllar önce Türkiye’de aldığı “dersi” dün Hürriyet’te yayımlanan haberde aktarmıştım. David Bowie’ye benzettiği Konyalı Mehmet ile aşkı hüsranla biten ve hastalığın pençesinde yıllarca kıvranan Thompson’ın dokunaklı öyküsünün tamamını burada okuyabilirsiniz. ABD'li Martha Thompson, ilk kez…Read more Great article on Oxygen Mask Rule in Hurriyet, Turkey’s leading newspaper
More resources: Western Mass Women Magazine article!
http://www.waldenbehavioralcare.com/news_article.asp?id=90 Living with Eating Disorders Western Mass Women Magazine March 2012 By Lucie K. Lewis, EdD, Senior Staff Writer The nation was shocked by the sudden death of Karen Carpenter in February 1983. She was 32 years young, beautiful and talented with such promise, but she also had a painful secret that ultimately stole her…Read more More resources: Western Mass Women Magazine article!
Dogged Hope 