You may or may not have heard by now that Rob suffered a stroke Dec. 9th. So,
everyone is saying "What?!'. In the interest of ending any rumors, here is the
true story. We had just finished shooting Garden Girl's 1st Eco friendly Christmas
Special (see below) for the day, and were settling in to watch the undefeated
Patriot's play somebody. I looked around for Rob, who had been looking over some
documents, but hadn't come in to see the game. I found him collapsed in the bedroom
on the floor. He thought he was fine and just needed to catch his breath. He was
paralyzed on his left side and his speech was slurred. The crew came to my aid,
and we had him in the ambulance to Brigham and Women's hospital within 15 minutes,
which was one of the keys to his miraculous recovery.
After a CAT scan it was clear he had a large MCA Stroke & blockage. They gave him the medicine TPA(which is not prescribed in 40% of the emergency rooms around the country!) and within eight hours he was ready to go home. They kept him under observation until Wednesday and then sent home & back to work. The cause is clearly his Tobacco habit, which I'm happy to report he hasn't touched since he almost died. The part of his brain where the brain tissue died, was the part that makes him reasonable, so there's no real issue there. For me it was a emotional roller coaster that I'm still not completely over, but I'm thankful we'll all be together for the holidays. A big thank you to our friend Edgar, a doctor at BWH for his support.
I am so proud and happy to be working with Farmer's Almanac TV, I can't think of a show that is more dedicated to helping inform and inspire people about sustainable living. This week we were shooting the introductions to the stories we are covering in season three. We did stories ranging from the venerable green publication Mother Earth News (www.motherearthnews.com) to one of my absolute heroes, Joel Salatin of polyface farms (www.polyfacefarms.com).
I first found out about Joel as I was learning about raising poultry, and then I read some of his books especially his wonderful book (Everything I want to do is illegal).
And Mother Earth News? What do you say? It is THE resource that can help get even the complete beginner into living a green life. If you have questions, between the back issues and forums, there, is a great place to find answers.
Here I am in a giant pile of oyster shells. If it wasn't for oyster shells we wouldn't have eggs!
Mickey, my cameraman, looks a little extra happy having me in the water doesn't he? If you haven't already, check out www.farmersalmanac.com! |
