Tag Archives: tadpoles

T’is the season

for amphibious spawning in the Northern Hemisphere. Frogs have been singing sweet songs of romance all spring. Toads, newts and the like have been looking for love in all the wet places. Now is the time to inspect the spawning grounds and see … Continue reading

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Radio Night, Frog Spawn Days

Getting the announcement part out of the way, tonight is Mad Liberation by Moonlight at 1 a.m. PST on KBOO, 90.7 FM in Portland, Oregon. Streamed on the web at http://www.kboo.fm/. It’s a call in show, blah blah blah, call in at 503-231-8187 to … Continue reading

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Monday May I (Short-Sweet)

This will be a mixture today- First, I want to call attention to some of my favorite mental health blogs. Bi-polar Blast is now called Beyond Meds (and has been for a long time, I just didn’t get around to changing it in … Continue reading

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Frog Spawning Areas

This is the best year I have seen in the past 2 decades for even the most marginal tadpole habitat. Usually there are significant portions of the frog spawning ditches, seasonal ponds etc. that dry up before a large number … Continue reading

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Pictures Music Frogs

First- Looking through old photographs- My wife is undergoing therapy for PTSD to do with my daughter’s suicide over 15 years ago, but still a significant part of our lives. She is determined to find a way to keep the … Continue reading

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It’s getting close to time

For scouting for frog habitat that may be unable to support amphibians to maturity. My annual quest. More later. Rest assured that I will rescure as many tadpoles from annihilation as possible.

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Sunday Basket

My older son, Andrew has been in town for a visit. He leaves tomorrow morning. Yesterday we took a short hike near home- south side of Powell Butte- to find shade in the heat. Today we went to a movie … Continue reading

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If you aren’t Mad you aren’t paying attention

News from MindFreedom and the Bend Weekly News A State of Oregon study says that Oregonians in the mental health system die earlier than the general public. Bend Weekly News in Bend, Oregon, USA covered this news in the below … Continue reading

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Potpourri

UK study/ SSRIs Millions of prescriptions for SSRIs are written up in the UK each year, but a major study says they’re no better than placebo. What now for the citizens of Prozac Nation? http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/26/ssri.study “Perhaps the next time half … Continue reading

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Saturday Soup

When I was growing up, when my father was alive, we could count on at least one thing (other than that my parents would be drunk). All of the leftovers from the week’s dinners would go into a pot, be … Continue reading

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