Welcome to
  COPD And So Much More -
information, support and friendship for all those affected by
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
...because we are
So Much More than a diagnosis.
created by Karen Bastille


What You'll Find Here

> The COPD Pages
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

a comprehensive library of links to COPD information throughout the web; articles of interest to the COPD community - updated frequently; a list of COPD support groups, message boards and forums; a catalogue of sites created by people with COPD; assistance and support for becoming smoke free; and a new section of pages designed for family members and caregivers of people living with COPD



> The Creativity and Craft Pages
"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness."
Gilda Radner

find inspiration to celebrate your glorious uniqueness here

> The Home And Family Pages   
house and home, from the kitchen to the garden - ideas for celebrating the season; making things easier; creating a peaceful haven - you'll find it here

including

>The Old Stone House a treasured gift of stories from Tish Bauer

and
>The Grandparent Pages
poetry; helpful advice; ideas for fun and learning to share with the children in your life
My Blogs
Thank you for visiting my pages. I'd love to hear from you. If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, submissions or ideas on what I could do to improve this site, just click here to Email Me.

What's New for January 2009

The Holidays are done and a new year has begun. The Christmas pages have been replaced by the new Winter Pages. For the start of winter, you will find information on winter weather and how to deal with it (what is "wind chill"exactly?), articles on getting a good night's sleep and developing an exercise program for the new year.

There are also pages on backyard bird feeding, including a collection of plans and diagrams for building your own bird feeders and some lovely artwork from a vintage book on birding.

( the Christmas pages can still be accessed from the site index, along with all of the pages here - Just go to the Site Index)

Last year's blogs are still going strong -
COPD News of the Day is updated Monday thru Friday with topics of interest to the COPD community;
Grandmother Wren is also updated daily - fun ideas and activities for grandparents and grandchildren - homeschoolers too!

If you haven't checked out my new blog - Grandmother's Patternbook - please stop by. New patterns appear every day - you can even sign up to have them delivered to your email.

Another new project is the blog "Thrifty Creativity" with a focus on creating with heart rather than money.

As always, I'm grateful for your visits to my pages and I treasure your company. Please email me with any comments, questions, or just to say Hello!

Karen
Graphics provided by Roxy's Renditions
Thank you, so very much!
new! Thrifty Creativity