Category Archives: Portland Metro

Focusing on the pieces helps me get to my big picture

It seemed like a good idea at the time. I picked out a beautiful 2000 piece puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany for my mom this year for Christmas.  It has been years since I did one and......

North, to Seattle…go north, the walk is on!

A quick note for all of you who will be in the Seattle area on October 17th : The LFA Pacific NW Chapter will be hosting their annual Mad Hatter Walk N Roll for Lupus event on that day at Magnus......

Laughter & Autoimmune Disease

We are going to start things off here on our new path with MLWT Guest Blogger, Holistic Health Counselor & Laughter Yoga Teacher, Andrea Crisp~           At the height of laughter, the unive......

Hello world!

Welcome to our new home! It’s pretty obvious that we still have a lot of work to do and we are anxious to get things rolling again.  Be sure to check in often and see what we have in stor......

Local pilot program/research study call for participants

My Life Works Today! has been invited to design a curriculum using an internationally-recognized communications system to use for managing chronic illness. We are looking for a few participants ......

A “Hello” from Kathy of the LFA Pacific NW Chapter

Hi Members and Friends, I am Kathy Casey, the Executive Director of Lupus Foundation of America, Pacific Northwest Chapter.  I will be celebrating 8 years here this month and have to say that I......

back to school?

For those of us who are able to function pretty well physically, the decision to return to school or start it up for the first time may not initially be too trying.  Those of us who are more cha......

working on facing change

I think it’s safe to say that we all have some heavy feelings these days – even after our new President has officially taken the helm – because we’re thinking about what ......

Shopping for the PNW

Jen Adams, Market Director for Chinook Book/EcoMetro here in Portland, passed along this information about their coupon book offer and their efforts to help keep our Portland communities thrivi......

Sorry, we have a weak connection…

I was gently (?) pushed into blogging this year to begin my sincere efforts in creating a local lupus forum that celebrates our ability to live with lupus here in the PNW on our terms.  I have t......