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A Door is Closing in Front of You
A note to my colleagues
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Acupuncture Protocol for Harnessing Rage
Russell talks about Spring
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14
Does It Matter?
On Acupuncture, Doppelgängers, and the Contemporary Existential Dilemma
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6
On Winter
I send this out every year, and every year it matters more
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Our Medicine is a Queer Medicine
Russell attempts a timely post for Gay Pride
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11
Kevin
–for my friend, who is in pain
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10
Spring is the Queerest Season
*My wild, brilliant friend Astor invited me to do a reading at his “end of the world” Easter cabaret show this last week.
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On grief, on beauty, on Autumn
A new season begins
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Acupuncture protocol for bringing tenderness to grief
Another look at Miriam Lee's "10 Point Protocol"
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What to do with all this anger and grief
Acupuncturists love to say “Anger resides in the Liver.”
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What is an acupuncture point?
Russell attempts brevity
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The Problem with Lunchables
On Earth, and how TCM school gets it wrong
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