WELCOME to
the Hodge Podge Lodge (of not massage)!
This is the new web page...an experimental clearinghouse
of ideas, images, inspiration and action...
it's beginning...

If you or someone you know might benefit by Essential Help, email essentialmassage@essentialmassage.net

Thank you for caring.

OCTOBER 2010 UPDATE: THANKFULLY JOSH IS IN REMISSION !
JANUARY 2011 UPDATE: JOSH CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY CANCER-FREE!
JUNE 2011: Josh and Talya continue to face daily challenges with honesty & grace.


 
 

Community Events...past present and future!
Let's share and strengthen...

Information Clearinghouse Question of the Day: Winter has passed and Summer is here. It's time for recreation! Does anyone know where the City of Poughkeepsie children are getting the services they once received now that the YMCA is closed? Will the YMCA location remain recreational or become an office building?
Who's committed to preserving its recreational covenant ?

"Community" needs a place.

Essential Massage - Suzanne Gilbert, LMT
at the Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY






Sleuth Pro Artwork by Beyond Horizons Graphics. beyondhori@yahoo.com
This Celebration of the Arts in New Paltz !
October 9, 2010 was great fun !
Can't wait for next year's event?...See what else is going on...
 

Sleuth Pro Presented!
Lyrics: An Evening of Poetry and Spoken Word
September 18th, 2010 at Cunneen Hackett Theater

The evening featured: New York Knicks Urban World Poetry Slam 2009 Winner Janine Simon along with Shara Bender, Marline A. Martin and Michelle Jackson!
The event was a success and the post-performance reception was delicious!
Thank you to everyone who made it happen...especially Neil and CherryPie Catering. (Yum)

When's the next event? We'll let you know and we hope to see you there.


I recently met a local Cafe (Cafe Bocca) Owner named Erik,
who had an idea for an event that would involve food and foster community... Well... he's making it happen and that's great news !


Essential Massage celebrated Erik's "can do" attitude and although the
Mount Carmel Farmers Markets has "gone by" (Oct 2010)... we'll keep you posted on upcoming events... Mount Carmel Square has been Poughkeepsie's Italian neighborhood where you can get great pastry with coffee and hear lyrical Italian language spoken 'round a crossword puzzle or a robust conversation at Cafe Aurora...
Let's celebrate all of Poughkeepsie's diversity.
Participate, express and respect. It can be a beautiful peaceful rainbow if we make it that way. Shine your best light from within and see what happens.

June 2011 Update:
More Art at Cafe' Bocca !
Experience Art in Your Community !


Café Bocca March 2011 Event was great !... ART ! ART ! and more ART !
Fifteen Years of Art and Friendship was Celebrated
by Four Women Artists of Complementary Colors
at the Opening Reception of their Exhibit
at Café Bocca, 14 Mount Carmel Pl. , Poughkeepsie , NY
on March 26, 2011, from 4-7 pm
Their show continued until May 31, 2011

 

ANOTHER GREAT EVENT !

Congrat's to everyone who participatd in the 2009 Lose the Shoes Tournament,
which raised $3,200 for a great cause!

 
     

Amazing People & Places


Richard Proenneke Eating Blueberries in Alaska and that's the Cabin He Built.

A Tulip and a Daffodil Adams this Spring for Frank and Louise.
Even Sunflowers Rest this Autumn. Sunflower yoga? No, a bow to earth.
 

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So if you see a typo or have a helpful suggestion,
send 'em on over.


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