Occupy Wall Street
Posted: October 14, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
Several weeks ago, a group of protesters camped out at a park by Wall Street to protest how 1% of the population makes many of the financial rules for the other 99%. One day last week, 700 people were arrested on the Brooklyn bridge. I’ll write more about this movement later but it has grown […]
Read more...Fifty
Posted: October 7, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Welcome to Holland;
My fiftieth birthday was on October 5. It’s hard to believe I’m 50! I saw this tongue in cheek picture above about turning 50 and it made me smile. What does turning 50 mean to me? In my forties I kept thinking about how much farther other people had come than me. Now I’m thinking […]
Read more...Troy Davis
Posted: September 27, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
Last Wednesday night Troy Davis was put to death by the state of Georgia. Thousands of people all over the world tried to stop it to no avail. One of my facebook friends wrote, “I wonder what’s going to happen….all I know is, if Pope Benedict, Jimmy Carter and Bob Barr all agree on something, […]
Read more...West Asheville Street Clean-up
Posted: September 19, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: overstimulation, resting brain
A couple of months ago there were some home invasions where neighbors were held at gunpoint in my neighborhood here in West Asheville, NC. A group called “West Asheville Watch” was hastily formed and we now have a facebook page (1300 members) and as of yesterday, a web site. The police can only do so […]
Read more...Retreat
Posted: September 12, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
Michael and I attended Circle of Mercy’s family retreat this weekend at the Hinton Center, a Methodist retreat center about two hours away from Asheville. Retreats are always difficult for me since I do much better when I know my surroundings. I decided to attend this one because I was particularly interested in the program. […]
Read more...Fifteen Years
Posted: August 26, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: awareness, creative, Giffords and Kelly, Kushner, rainbow
On August 26, 1996, I sustained my traumatic brain injury in a car accident. Water and rainbows had always been healing to me but throughout these years on my journey, they’ve been a real comfort. When I was first injured, we lived in an apartment in Atlanta. I couldn’t drive yet but I would often […]
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