by stevesparks | Aug 29, 2023 | Furry Friends and Wildlife, Mental Health Advocacy
AKA Sonoran Desert Toad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_toad “The Colorado River Toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and...
by stevesparks | Aug 26, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Veterans
“Passion meets technology in the search for downed aircraft in the South Pacific. The BentProp Project is a group of volunteers who search for and help repatriate missing World War II Airmen. Their searches were long and arduous until they enlisted the scientific...
by stevesparks | Aug 13, 2023 | Furry Friends and Wildlife, Mental Health Advocacy
Sookie made my day brighter today… Yesterday was a good day. Today was, well, a not so good day, until Sookie came by to say hay to me, while I was sitting on the porch. She touched my soul. Sookie sat there and grinned at me after looking back to see if Mary...
by stevesparks | Aug 12, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Mindfulness Meditation Moments
How to Meditate Meditation is learned… “When we meditate, we inject far-reaching and long-lasting benefits into our lives: We lower our stress levels, we get to know our pain, we connect better, we improve our focus, and we’re kinder to ourselves. Let us walk...
by stevesparks | Jul 28, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Veterans
Vernon H Sparks BMC USN 1936-1960. 1918 – 1998 Post War Transition and Recuperation… “Originally designated “U. S. Naval Hospital, Pleasanton, California”, this 2000 bed hospital sprung up in a vast area of flat land a few miles east of the Oakland...
by stevesparks | Jul 28, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Ptsd, Veterans
Research from Vernon H. Sparks Naval records 1936-1960. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington D.C. Vernon H. Sparks, BMC, 328 41 29, USNFR-F6, May 1, 1966…30 years of honorable service By Steve Sparks, Author, Blogger, Mental...
