Melia Dicker

I discovered Melia and her project to reschool herself in the Fall 2009 issue of Yes! Magazine.  (Awesome mag, by the way…will post on them another day.)

Here’s a brief note about Melia’s one-woman project in her own words from her blog: reschoolyourself.com.

At the age of 28, I went back to kindergarten. I needed to get my life back on track, and I wanted to start over from the very beginning.  Over several months, I repeated my education, from kindergarten to college. I spent the months that followed learning how to grow up. I’m still learning.

Melia discovered the ways that her childhood education had defined her, and then went on to learn all the things that education didn’t teach her–things that she feels are essential to becoming a vibrant, engaged member of a community.

So awesome.

Working Class Acupunture, East Portland

Acupuncture is awesome. Healthcare plans that don’t cover it: not so awesome. But do not despair, there is a wonderful place you can get acupuncture, sans insurance, for the cost of a typical co-pay.

Working Class Acupuncture offers treatment on a sliding scale is $15 – $35 per treatment.  Awesome.  And you get your treatment in a livingroom-like setting in a recliner.  Really awesome.  The Portland, Oregon, clinic opened in 2002 and by 2006, they helped found the Community Acupuncture Network as a way to help support other acupuncturists to create accessible, sustainable community clinics.  Totally awesome.

Plus, the people there are really, really nice.

Read the fabulous Yes! Magazine article about Working Class Acupuncture.