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@yarrowsr.bsky.social
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patient navigator, support group leader, epilepsy writing group host, retired midwife, reader, chef, #Epilepsy she/her linktr.ee/yarrowr

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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
~ what I see when I water the garden in the morning. ~ & have a little fun with filters.
Bright blue sky, tall redwood trees, water droplets in the air and flower garden
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
~goth sunflower and blood red amaranth. NorCal. #FlowerReport
Deep dark red almost black  sunflower and dark red amaranth flowers. Green leaves surrounded
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Now that that would be an interesting spinoff. Angela Lansbury was gorgeous in person. Murder She Wrote was filmed in my hometown. Seeing her walk by, well the term stunning certainly fits.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Another winter rose. #FlowerReport
Deep red rose center with petals opening out, yellow Formica table below
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Roses and redwoods. Nor Cal #FlowerReport
Yellow roses with tall redwood trees in the background and fluffy white clouds
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
~ Redsky for Bluesky ~
Dark red sunset with dark gray clouds and silhouettes of redwood trees
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Even though Mochi the goat is long gone, at least I’m keeping current as I gifted my kids tamago pans for Hanukkah…
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
So fun to see our goat Mochi included in this article!
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Winter blooms. Passion flowers. Nor Cal. #FlowerReport
Cream colored heart shaped bowl filled with water. Purple passion flowers and one red passion flower
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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 25/11/2025
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.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 15/11/2025
‘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
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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.
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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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...
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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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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
How to Revive California’s Underwater Forests? Smash a Spiky, Hungry Foe. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
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How to Revive California’s Underwater Forests? Smash a Spiky, Hungry Foe.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
~ when life gives you therapeutic onion chopping and it’s beautiful ~
Chopped red onion on a white cutting board with chef knife.
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Brain Ablaze @brainablaze.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
California Sister butterfly. On a fern. Nor Cal. . #CaliforniaSister
Large black butterfly with white wing stripes and orange spots on wing tips, on a green bracken fern
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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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?
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Our volunteer purple leaf plum has a few pretty little fruit.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Sure, as long as you don’t use if for commercial purposes. Thanks for asking. 💞
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Interesting. I don’t think so since it has reddish leaves and bark. 💜
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
There’s a cherry plum in a spot about 500 feet away from this one. It’s about 50 years old. Has green leaves, while this one has red leaves… I’ll take a closer look at the blossoms … 💜
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Interesting. The leaves and bark are red/mahogany colored, which is how we assumed it’s a plum. 💜
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Sunday #FlowerReport - this tree is a volunteer… mysterious… ornamental plum ? Nor Cal.
Pinkish white blossoms on fruit tree branch, green grass in background
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I’m did a strict keto diet for 2.5 years for seizure prevention. It worked, was seizure free the whole time. BUT my mast cell activation got so much worse.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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.”.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Beef rib bones charred in dry soup pot, added chicken bones, onions, pho broth spices & homemade kimchi, quick boil & strained. Boneless chicken thighs, carrot, Napa cabbage, green onion, more kimchi, boneless beef rib slices, fresh basil. Faux pho slash kimchi soup. With rice on the side. Aromatic
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Yes. But tonight it was soup so fabulous we wanted to scream.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Oh my. Yep. My youngest does this still, at 21 years old… 😭 although now it’s usually a musical instrument he has made💕
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
* 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
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Yep, it’s real. Mendocino coast. Nor Cal.
Bright orange pink salmon sunset gray blue sky , redwood trees, an apple tree and barn
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Fishbone. Digable Planets.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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?...
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La Femme Fetal
YouTube video by Digable Planets - Topic
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Oh my.. thanks for this reminder. This song is pure genius. ❤️
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Oh yes, I’ve had the same urge. Acting on this and filming would make for an interesting documentary ( although risky..)
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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
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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 ...
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
~ 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
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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 ...
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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/#...
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Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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a man in a green shirt is sitting in front of pots and pans with hauptmannliebchen written on the bottom
ALT: a man in a green shirt is sitting in front of pots and pans with hauptmannliebchen written on the bottom
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
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.
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On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
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.
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
But the majority of time the majority of my neurons are sending and receiving their messages with due diligence performing their magical miraculous electrical dance optimally 2/2 #InternationalEpilepsyDay internationalepilepsyday.org/art-exhibiti...
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
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.
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Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Don't miss this beautiful obituary of #BethMazur that her life partner Brian Vastag wrote. I guarantee you'll learn things about her you didn't know, and that you'll come away with more appreciation and love for her. Scroll down a bit. www.meaction.net/2024/01/10/b...
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Yarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
I host a similar zoom group, an epilepsy writing group. Each week we have discussion topics/writing prompts. This week is "Gaslighting," last week was "A Day in the Life." I send a resource list via email after each group based on discussion. Your stream sounds great. 💜
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