Food and Pharma Connected?

copyright 2014 Bettina Network, inc. We had another one of those breakfasts and we are all still reeling, having put different backgrounds, experience, education, parts of the world together we came up with a startling conclusion: The discussion centered around Bettina Network’s attempt to keep Bettina Homes as organic as possible – in cleaning, food,…

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An Intensely Religious Week

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2014 Intensely Religious – how do we turn that into – gloriously  Spiritual!  I hope it is not the intensely religious who have brought about so much bigotry in the world and the gloriously Spiritual who have given us so much freedom!  Maybe my values are a bit screwed. It is…

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A Beautiful Meditation and Song

For a rare treat, click on the following YouTube recording. http://I Then Shall Live) Sometimes you hear a beautiful song with words which bring your life to a standstill and it fills you with beauty, strengthens your faith, and makes your day richer. This hymn created that for several of us.  We shared it back…

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Bettina Network, inc NEWS

copyright 2014 Bettina Network, inc. Bettina Network, inc. NEWS is a new addition to the Bettina Network Blog.  Appearing periodically, without timetable predictability, this is a way for you to keep up with all that we do – where you will find a Bettina person, event – some definitions and redefinitions of who we are…

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UBUNTU – I Am Because You Are

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 “I am not a saint – unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.” – Mandela. …………………………………….If only that described all of us! The world is pouring out its grief, celebration, joy, gratitude, love for the life of Nelson Mandela. ………………………………………………………..Which has to make you…

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Remembering Niko

copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 …”There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”…   —————————————Maya Angelou   A quote passed on to us by Dorothea Guild as she introduced the exhibit of Nicholas Michael Marinos’s art.   Marinos was Dorothea’s family priest, long-term friend and soul-mate from years past.  He was…

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Republicanism BC and AD – oops, AT*

*BC = Boehner Cruz;  AT = After Tea Party copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. The singing reported in the Tea Party’s caucus reminded me of the Titanic – remember? As they went down, those who could not or did not leave the ship went down singing Amazing Grace.  Isn’t that what happened last night?  It…

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WOW! What an article!

Thanks for your article on the Government shutdown. I am a Democrat who is constantly mystified by the workings of this political campaign business. As a regular traveller to Cambridge, I stay fairly often in your home.  It is quite the place for good conversation.  What I appreciate about this article is that I haven’t…

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The March on Washington

copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. This coming week we will remember one of the highlights of the Civil Rights Movement which changed so much in this country.  It is such an emotional time that I have barely started to write this and the grief, tears and overwhelming feelings take over. I was very young during…

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