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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New study finds clusters of Autism spectrum |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 12:40 pm
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| Here's the link where I read it on Yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100105/sc_nm/us_autism_clusters One of their plans to study "dust": "In one, her team plans to collect dust samples from the homes of 1,300 families with autistic children to look for common chemicals, such as flame retardants, t... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: my first "mini-gig" |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2009, 12:28 am
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Hey that's a great idea! I didn't think of nursing homes, etc. I wonder if some of our homebound folks would like to hear a little John Denver, maybe some oldies.
Maybe something for me to work towards, sharing the joy. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Christmas Carol(s)? |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 11:08 am
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This year I'm in the mood for nearly all of them, but, if I had to choose my top 5 (in no particular order):
Little Drummer Boy
O Holy Night
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Blue Christmas (Elvis)
Christmas Time is Here (Peanuts/Charlie Brown) |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: my first "mini-gig" |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 11:05 am
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| I despise parties. They've never been good for me and I usually avoid them like the plague, although I've grown enough to know that others need them. Yesterday was our office party, very small gathering. A mention was made that there wasn't any Christmas music in the room. Having made this Christmas... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Poem about Asperger's: Aspie State of Mind |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2009, 8:44 pm
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Bravo! Standing ovation!!
(except, me, i can't stand "taking hands", or shaking them, etc. my counselor figured out it's because i have very sensitive fingertips, also usually ice cold ones.....need to live in the days when ladies wore gloves) |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sharing with others about staying in faith communities |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2009, 7:19 pm
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| Brief update: We went to the little church. It was a very good experience. We've decided it will be one of our "getaway" places. I was able to participate with my heart and haven't been able to do that for a long time. I'm guessing that means I'm over the line on "burnout" at the drama of the parish... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sharing with others about staying in faith communities |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2009, 10:37 am
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| Hi, As I'm sitting here, I'm waiting for it to get closer to time to drive to church in a small town a few miles from here. My husband and I haven't had a car in many years until just last month, so we were stuck in the local Catholic drama here, which is 2 churches in a medium size town that should... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sharing with others about staying in faith communities |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009, 6:10 pm
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| Hi, My name is Ritagail. I'm 48, Catholic convert (in 1995), not real happy about the current trends, am the weekly bulletin editor for our parish along with a few other volunteer duties such as the ministry schedule. I've gone through a lot of anger and sadness, but think I'm getting better at it, ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do you play an instrument? |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009, 5:51 pm
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| I've chorded on guitars and keyboards over my lifetime, I'm 48, even written some of my own music, but, this year, I bought myself a cheap Lyons brand tenor recorder, and I'm in love! Seriously, I'm not very good at it but have the most wonderful time playing anything from hymns to John Denver to ev... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: new here, but have been on other lists/mozart and the whale |
| ritagail |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2009, 5:39 pm
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the welcome. I got sidetracked a bit.
I am going to check out some of the other sections of this BIG discussion board and hope to be around more. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: new here, but have been on other lists/mozart and the whale |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2009, 12:55 am
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| I should be putting away the laundry and going to bed, but, I just saw "Mozart and the Whale" for the first time and need to write. (It's a movie about two people with Asperger's.) For those of you who have seen it, I'm sort of a combination of Isabelle and Donald, I have what I guess you would call... |
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