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Yarrow
@yarrowsr.bsky.social
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patient navigator, support group leader, epilepsy writing group host, retired midwife, reader, chef, #Epilepsy she/her https://linktr.ee/yarrowr
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godysseypodcast.com
While she was already the goddess of food, Uke Mochi's death guaranteed the world would be filled to the brim with food: for from her body came fish, wild game, and all the grains that make up the Japanese diet. #FairytaleTuesday

🖼️: Soragami
Uke Mochi, supposedly by artist Soragami according to reverse image search, showing a beautiful Japanese woman in an orange kimono with a red obi, rising out of a bowl of ramen full of the usual fixings but with food of all kinds pouring into it from her left hand; steam rises from the ramen. Her hair has leaves of lettuce and cherry tomatoes, as well as sushi, for hair ornaments.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
Sometimes you see a thing very much of the present moment, of that time/place & it reminds you of a similar thing from a time past.
I saw this party bus at the Golden Gate Bridge vista point & my mind immediately went to bus rides on the Green Tortoise in the 1980s.
#SanFrancisco
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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sesmith.lol
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
I love this blooming camellia bush. So bright and bold. Oregon. #FlowerReport
Bright pink camillia flower, close up view with dew drops. Green leaves around it. Large camellia bush with lots of pink camellia flowers. A maple tree with red leaves in the left background. Piles of pink flower petals and red maple leaves on the pavement below.
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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joshmorsell.bsky.social
New podcast about visionary environmentalist Judi Bari comes out Nov 5 -- Rip Current by @tobyballnh.bsky.social. Judi overcame polarization and exposed divisive tactics used to break social movements. We'll see where Rip Current takes this important story. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Rip Current
History Podcast · Series · On the morning of May 24th, 1990, a pipe bomb exploded in the car driven by Judi Bari, a leader in the radical environmental group, Earth First!. She was critically injured,...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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A very red rose on a fall morning. Nor Cal. #FlowerReport
A close up of a big red rose, dew droplets and green rose leaves all around
October 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
How to Revive California’s Underwater Forests? Smash a Spiky, Hungry Foe. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
How to Revive California’s Underwater Forests? Smash a Spiky, Hungry Foe.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
~ when life gives you therapeutic onion chopping and it’s beautiful ~
Chopped red onion on a white cutting board with chef knife.
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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brainablaze.bsky.social
We often see comments on dashcam videos blaming the crash on a seizure, but the percentage of accidents caused by #epilepsy is dwarfed by drunk, distracted, or drowsy driving. Unfair assumptions fuel stigma and distract from the real biggest threats on the road. #EpilepsyAwareness
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
California Sister butterfly. On a fern. Nor Cal.
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#CaliforniaSister
Large black butterfly with white wing stripes and orange spots on wing tips, on a green bracken fern
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Can turning purple urchins into kitchen countertop save California’s seafloor?
Purple urchins have decimated California’s seafloor. Can turning them into kitchen countertop help fishermen survive?
www.sfchronicle.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
Our volunteer purple leaf plum has a few pretty little fruit.
April 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Sunday #FlowerReport - this tree is a volunteer… mysterious… ornamental plum ? Nor Cal.
Pinkish white blossoms on fruit tree branch, green grass in background
March 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
DIAGNOSIS: INVISIBLE ~
Virtual Art Exhibition for #InternationalEpilepsyDay
internationalepilepsyday.org/wp-content/u...
A black and white self-portrait with a blue hue depicts a middle-aged white woman with light eyes and long, straight hair, staring ahead, her head resting on a pillow. Phrases from her medical record, in colored text, surround her face: Assessment; the encounter diagnosis was generalized epilepsy; suspected seizure type: generalized; suspected epilepsy etiology: idiopathic; findings: intermittent generalized epileptic discharges were present; diagnosis: seizure disorder; impression: abnormal EEG; MRI consistent with multinodular vacuolating neuronal tumor (MVNT), a benign grade 1 neoplasm; EEG: abnormal, 1-6 second bursts of 3-4 Hz generalized spike-wave discharges.
February 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Vintage Homies mini figure. We are all immigrants.
Created by California artist David Gonzales.
Image description: Vintage Homies mini figure. Man wearing a sombrero holding a sign “We are all immigrants.”.
February 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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* Winter Solstice 2024 *

a lemon absorbed a year of sun
now shares it’s sunny goodness
with eaters and viewers
an abalone shell layers and illuminates
all colors of the universe
A yellow lemon inside an abalone shell held in two hands
December 24, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Yep, it’s real. Mendocino coast. Nor Cal.
Bright orange pink salmon sunset gray blue sky , redwood trees, an apple tree and barn
December 11, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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nnedi.bsky.social
In these times, I think it great to revisit “La Femme Fatale” by Digable Planets from 1993. It is still THE most powerful, concise and clear discussion on abortion and choice that I have ever heard. It helped me shape my own views. AND it’s written by a black man 🦋.

youtu.be/3DfMksmOIME?...
La Femme Fetal
YouTube video by Digable Planets - Topic
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December 4, 2024 at 4:12 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
Finally sharing this just before #EpilepsyAwareness month is over.
I wrote this blog post about #Epilepsy & #PTSD .
Thanks to Kelly Cervantes for publishing.

www.kellycervantes.com/blog/yarrow
The trauma of epilepsy — Kelly Cervantes
For those of us well-versed in epilepsy, the connection between seizures and their psychological effects is a no-brainer (pun intended). However, the lack of available providers and treatments is all ...
www.kellycervantes.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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~ Navigating Epilepsy Together: A Group Interview.~
In our virtual writing group we interviewed each other about our experiences in Epilepsy support groups. @EFNORCAL
epilepsynorcal.org/navigating-e...

#Epilepsy #PeerSupport #NavigatingEpilepsyTogether #WritingGroup #SupportGroup
Navigating Epilepsy Together: A Group Interview - Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California
In the debut of the Making Waves blog, join creative epilepsy support group members to learn how they help each other and others through sharing and writing. Navigating Epilepsy Together is a virtual ...
epilepsynorcal.org
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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lindaholmes.bsky.social
I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…

IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!

apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
Volunteer November sunflower in the gray drizzle. Nor Cal. #FlowerReport
Yellow Sunflower bloom with big green leaf. Gray sky and redwood trees in the background.
November 17, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
So, I read smart people.

There is a playbook for this next chapter.

I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there.

Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM
yarrowsr.bsky.social
Thank you to Young Adults with Epilepsy
for posting my latest #Epilepsy essay on their blog-
'My Pre-Wedding Seizure was the Best Thing Ever'
www.youngadultswithepilepsy.org/post/my-pre-...
Sepia toned photo with bride and groom, both white, groom holding toddler child, all three looking down at bride’s white leather boots. Standing in the grass with bushes and the ocean behind them.
March 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Inter - Ictal
[between seizures]
Sometimes my neurons misfire
… seizures, migraine…
Sometimes my neurons are hyperactive
… auras, migraine, mast cell activation…
Often my neurons miscommunicate
… poor proprioception, neuropathy, light sensitivity, dysautonomia…
1/2 #EpilepsyDay
Collage on square redwood board, hanging on a blue EGG wire, black & white self-portrait (white female) of my mouth, chin, neck w/ silver neuron necklace, surrounded by blue clouds, a yellow sun, 3 streaks of lightening & a golden explosion at bottom left.
February 12, 2024 at 5:19 PM