June 28, 2025

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Marlon is walking three or four hours a day. Pretty amazing to be in cancer treatment and to be feeling so well and strong.  Then again, I know an older gentleman who barely changed his full, intense exercise routine when going through treatment.


A mullein plant.  Not in its prime but still powerful.  Another “weed” that is also a healing plant.

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