Ruscombe is having a food drive! We will be collecting non-perishable items to donate. Supporting Grace Presbyterian Church (Greenspring Ave and Banister Road), a food pantry that helps about 400 families. …
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Body Awareness is Self Awareness
Encouraging deeper body awareness is an important part of many holistic body-oriented practices. Indeed, in one research study1, researchers who interviewed many different kinds of practitioners concluded that body awareness is a common ground of mind/body therapies, a key element or mechanism of their action. …
Upcoming Photography Exhibition
Ruscombe's Property Steward Emeritus David Penney will be displaying his framed photos & prints for sale. All day, March 24-25, in the Conference Wellness Room. Signed hand-made gelatin-silver prints, many selenium or sepia-toned; some are 8x10" and some 11x14". There will be some 16x20" prints, and some matted ones of each size. Click photos to enlarge. Also for sale, a wide range of cameras & film equipment at a good …
Stillness in the Dark – The Depths of Winter: Part 5 of Healing with the Seasons
‘It’s dark on purpose. So just listen.’ These words, from a poem called The Oracle by Lawrence Raab, tell it like it is in the Winter. The healing gifts of Winter come with deep listening. From tapping into the depths when it’s dark. When we’re weary. When we’re afraid. Nights are long. Days are short. The cold we step into outside requires layers of protection. Else it makes us cringe. Or makes us sick. And wears us out. …
Support the Pollinator Protection Act of 2016
The 2016 Pollinator Protection Act (HB211), a bill which would manage the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and require labeling of plants treated with them, passed the Maryland House floor this weekend! Read more about it in the Baltimore Sun, and be sure to contact your representatives to thank them if they supported it. Now the House & Senate need to reconcile their bill versions. …
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