Failure in the Garden

Failure in the Garden

Not only was my mother elegant and beautiful, but she was also an avid gardener. She truly loved flowers and grew them in great abundance. They were like kaleidoscopes of flora surrounding my childhood home. She could grow flowers from a stone, I thought teasingly. I...

Not Cocky. Confident!

Not Cocky. Confident!

Among the many things I’ve heard in recovery is that my sobriety is something I should guard very carefully, even though I’ve been sober for many years now. That makes perfect sense to me, since my sobriety is one of the greatest possessions I have. But after so many...

Butyrate and the Bowel – Part 2

Butyrate and the Bowel – Part 2

Butyrate is something that has existed for millennia, unknown and unrecognized. You may ask why bother learning about it now, if we’re doing fine while blissfully ignorant of it. Well, the truth is, that’s the problem. We aren’t doing fine. Some of the symptoms and...