Monthly Archives: April 2008

Another MindFreedom news release from lazy blogger

Hi, This is for everyone in Oregon… In case you missed any of these news items, here is a link to April 2008 alerts about changing Oregon’s mental health system: http://www.intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-oregon-news/2008-April/ date.html If that link is too long for your … Continue reading

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Oregon Consumer/ Survivor Coalition

NEWS RELEASE – 23 April 2008 – PLEASE FORWARD! http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/or/ocsc New Oregon state-wide coalition of groups representing mental health consumers & psychiatric survivors launches. First board of directors and assembly of organization representatives of “OCSC” officially begins. Board unanimously elects … Continue reading

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Erin’s Ghost

rick-erins_ghost Re: poor recording quality, production values etc. I am recording by myself with only a PC and Audacity and a cheap mike- cut me some slack. This also goes for my other songs. I’m getting better. Re: Erin’s Ghost … Continue reading

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We sing this song as a dinner prayer at my house

rick-may_you_dwell_in_the_heart

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Froggy Girl

Please don’t swim away… A song I wrote and sang for my daughter Erin when she was 2 years old: rick-frogy_girl_ok

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Serial dreams anyone?

I’ve been looking for information about something I call “serial dreams (or nightmares)”. I usually experience this phenomenon in the form of a nightmare but the basic thing is this: You are having a dream . You wake up. You … Continue reading

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Revolution in mental health services

Some stuff from Street Roots and the Oregon Consumer/ Survivor Coalition: Published in _Street Roots_ newspaper, Portland, Oregon, USA: 4 April 4 2008 — News New mental health coalition organizes survivors for reform By Mara Grunbaum, Staff Writer As far … Continue reading

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Scouting for frog habitat/ spawning grounds

Unintended findings- (Typical local tree-frog that spawns around Powell Butte- they range in color from green, striped to mud-brown) Today I went exploring the south side of Powell Butte- near the Springwater Corridor- to look for alternate access to the … Continue reading

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My older son is home for his birthday-

Andrew sleeping on the couch this morning: deb_talon-comfort

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Miscellaneous Nonsense

Drinky Crow (not my work) Something I made- but I’m not proud of it (it’s an argoyle sock) My favorite Jaguar Remember Hal? take_a_stress_pill A Goopy animation: What I think about the stupid paperclip: Some pictures (click for full size) … Continue reading

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