tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49110651368790610782024-03-13T16:01:35.825-04:00Lyme Disease - Art and ScienceSharing my journey with this complex disease, I hope to add my voice to the mix and contribute positively to the search for a cure.Kimberly Ruggierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426249610535017738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911065136879061078.post-18548039251649094042012-06-13T13:58:00.001-04:002012-06-13T13:58:25.210-04:00News from the six and a half year markI haven't wanted to deal with Lyme Disease for awhile. Mostly because it's an identity I don't want but also because I have been steadily improving and spending time doing other things.<br />
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Hope is something that helped me through the very dark days. I used to search for those people who got well and went back to their lives-- maybe not entirely but enough to make it worth living. <br />
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So at my six and a half year mark, I want other fellow lymies to know that my life is so much better. I have a few days every other month or so when symptoms put me in bed but it usually is due to my own bad decisions about consuming sugar, white flour or caffeine. Or if I don't sleep for a couple nights due to stress.<br />
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The science is getting better. Since I began treatment, Dr. Eva Sapi and Dr. Alan MacDonald have discovered the presence of biofilm made by the Borrellia burgdorferi. <a href="http://www.canlyme.com/Sapi_et_al_2011.pdf">http://www.canlyme.com/Sapi_et_al_2011.pdf</a><br />
This means that antibiotics alone may not get rid of all the forms of the organism. By including enzymes which destroy biofilms in treatment protocols, outcomes may be better.<br />
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I believe my own healing took a dramatic leap forward when I began taking the supplement Nattokinase. Actually, I took a supplement called Endovan for endometriosis which contains nattokinase. I suffered from severe endometriosis and was about to undergo surgery when an online search revealed this enzyme that could dissolve fibrin.<br />
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After only a month taking 5 pills a day, my endometriosis pain was significantly less and now, a year into the supplement, I have no pelvic pain whatsoever and my lyme symptoms dramatically improved. Could it be that the biofilms were broken down and my immune system better able to kill the infection?<br />
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Dealing with this illness has changed me. The greatest change being my views about alternative medicine. If not for my trail and error with many supplements, natural doctors and alternative modes of healing and detoxification, I would not be doing as well as I am. I am a firm believer in the mind body connection and the fact that antibiotics are not a cure, <b>food and lifestyle are the best medicine for this disease</b>.<br />
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<br />Kimberly Ruggierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426249610535017738noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911065136879061078.post-23231392626175116522010-05-05T12:13:00.002-04:002010-05-05T12:24:00.294-04:00The 2010 Lyme Disease Symposium at UNHThe Challenges of Lyme Disease: Emerging Research / Pediatric Care<br /><br />Saturday, May 8th, 2010<br />Dodds Hall Auditorium<br />University of New Haven<br />300 Boston Post Road<br />West Haven, CT<br /><br />8:00am -8:00pm<br /><br />Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles Ray Jones<br /><br />Special Guests: Dr. Alan MacDonald and Polly Murray<br /><br />For more information go to <a href="http://www.newhaven.edu/news-events/69548">www.newhaven.edu/news-events/69548</a><br />or contact Eva Sapi Ph.D. 860-459-9242, or email her at <a href="mailto:Lyme2010@evasapi.net">Lyme2010@evasapi.net</a><br /><br />I will be at the conference and the paintings in last blog will be on exhibit. Please come learn more about Lyme disease!Kimberly Ruggierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426249610535017738noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911065136879061078.post-75911188878534983102009-09-14T09:47:00.003-04:002010-05-05T12:13:05.696-04:00Art and Science<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff9900;">Welcome. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is my belief that medicine is still an art and a science despite the desires of a health care system that demands clear cut answers and economical treatments.</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreF9NjwhPI/AAAAAAAAAJo/C1-d7XUKzzM/s1600-h/j.weissEarlyAutumnAshlawn.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 285px; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383919166202873074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreF9NjwhPI/AAAAAAAAAJo/C1-d7XUKzzM/s320/j.weissEarlyAutumnAshlawn.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Early Autumn, Ashlawn, oil/panel, 16 x 20, $1000 Jerry Weiss</span><br /></span></em><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Some illnesses are black and white. The tests for them are accurate and the treatment protocol is clear cut. </span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><em>Late stage <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Lyme</span> disease is not.</em> Tests are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">inaccurate</span> and treatment that would have worked at the time of the tick bite are not effective once the infection becomes entrenched.</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreF8iFpVMI/AAAAAAAAAJg/5oeGEVY_Des/s1600-h/a.waggonerFishersField.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 233px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383919154533848258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreF8iFpVMI/AAAAAAAAAJg/5oeGEVY_Des/s320/a.waggonerFishersField.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Fisher Field, oil/panel, 8.5 x 11, $400 (framed), Adrian Waggoner</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>"Wet Paint for Lyme Disease Research" was an event held on July 12<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">, 2009</span> in downtown Stony Creek, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Branford</span>. This</em> fundraiser was organized to support the research of Dr. Eva <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sapi</span> at the University of New Haven. </span></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">She and her staff have identified a unique <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">characteristic</span> of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Borrelia</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">burgdorferi</span> that may explain why it is so difficult to detect and treat. It is called a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">biofilm</span>. This sticky substance is created by the spirochete to protect itself from the immune system as well as treatment.</span> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq6Kc9c2-bI/AAAAAAAAADo/QG-Ym4b3kj0/s1600-h/a.waggonerFisher%27sAir.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 232px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381390834890897842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq6Kc9c2-bI/AAAAAAAAADo/QG-Ym4b3kj0/s320/a.waggonerFisher%27sAir.JPG" /></a></span><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><br /></span></em><em><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span></em><br /><em><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span></em><br /><em><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span></em><br /><em><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span></em><br /><em><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Fisher Air, oil/panel, 9 x 12, $400 framed Adrian Waggoner</span><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"></span></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">The event brought over 25 professional artists together for one day to paint en <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">plein</span> air and sell their works in a silent auction later in the day. Before the auction, Dr. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sapi</span> spoke about her research which drew over 100 people in attendance</span>.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd9tcpsyEI/AAAAAAAAAIY/j5gdd8_IVpk/s1600-h/p.billupsFiratLindenPoint.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 308px; HEIGHT: 196px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383910099283396674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd9tcpsyEI/AAAAAAAAAIY/j5gdd8_IVpk/s320/p.billupsFiratLindenPoint.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Fir at Linden Point, oil/canvas, 20 x 24, $650 Paula Billups</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;">To keep the project alive, these 20 paintings from </span></em><em><span style="color:#ff9900;">the day (and some donated) will travel to the university May 8, 2010 for an exhibition during the Lyme Conference to raise money and draw continued attention to Dr. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sapi's</span> research findings. 50% sales will go to the artist and 50% to research. All paintings on this blog are in the exhibition and available.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreBDAWzbGI/AAAAAAAAAI4/JpCQCoOi-Jw/s1600-h/m.deanStonyCreekChurch.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 257px; HEIGHT: 166px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383913768179952738" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreBDAWzbGI/AAAAAAAAAI4/JpCQCoOi-Jw/s320/m.deanStonyCreekChurch.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Stony Creek Church, oil/board, 6x8, $100 Margaret Dean<br /></span><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreBDh4pmrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/j2zCqMiqvnw/s1600-h/m.deanPorchonHillspoint+Rd.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383913777180285618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreBDh4pmrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/j2zCqMiqvnw/s320/m.deanPorchonHillspoint+Rd.JPG" /></a></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Porch on Hillspoint Rd. oil/board, 6 x 8, $400 Margaret Dean</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">About The University of New Haven Lyme Research Group </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">"The University of New Haven established Lyme disease research 7 years ago. To date, over 50 graduate students have received training in Lyme disease related research. The Lyme disease research group has identified an alarming increase in the co-infection rate in deer ticks, including discovery of novel co-infections such as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">mycoplasma</span> species.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd_OMunb3I/AAAAAAAAAIo/VoqFkd6UG90/s1600-h/m.mcdonaldStonyCreek.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383911761456361330" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd_OMunb3I/AAAAAAAAAIo/VoqFkd6UG90/s320/m.mcdonaldStonyCreek.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Stony Creek, w/c, 9 x 17, $185 framed, Molly McDonald</span><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em><br /><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383911753019750658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd_NtTK-QI/AAAAAAAAAIg/v6qFI3zZO60/s320/m.mcdonaldStonyCreekBeach.JPG" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Stony Creek Beach, w/c, 9x17, $185 framed, Molly McDonald</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd_OZT2j3I/AAAAAAAAAIw/Cs-cNVGt4Dw/s1600-h/m.mcdonaldCreekerSuite.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383911764833767282" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd_OZT2j3I/AAAAAAAAAIw/Cs-cNVGt4Dw/s320/m.mcdonaldCreekerSuite.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#99ff99;">Creeker Suite, w/c, 9x17, $185 framed Molly McDonald</span><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">In February 2008 the Lyme research group received two grant supports from the Turn the Corner Foundation, which will allow the group to investigate novel ideas for Lyme disease research. The Lyme disease research group also has a website </span><a href="http://www.unh-lyme.org/"><span style="color:#ff9900;">www.unh-lyme.org</span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> with educational materials such as Dr. Steven Phillips educational DVD's. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd9s8FV2lI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/OmOnVdhx_Gw/s1600-h/p.solimeneFallatBauerFarm.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 225px; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383910090540964434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd9s8FV2lI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/OmOnVdhx_Gw/s320/p.solimeneFallatBauerFarm.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Fall at Bauer Fram, madison, o/c, $175 Paula Solimene</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">Furthermore, the University of New Haven has held three National Lyme Disease Symposiums during the last three years (2006-2008) with over 200 attendees. Both symposiums were generously supported by the University and by the College of Art and Sciences. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreF8NXEteI/AAAAAAAAAJY/_kH4E5bXsoI/s1600-h/p.barroneChesterMillPond.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 218px; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383919148969801186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SreF8NXEteI/AAAAAAAAAJY/_kH4E5bXsoI/s320/p.barroneChesterMillPond.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Chester Mill Pond, o/c, 16 x 20, $250 Patricia Barone</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">In the Fall of 2007, the University of New Haven begun one of the largest tick counting and Borrelia testing surveys in the North East (testing over 50 sites in Fairfield County). The uniqueness of this survey is that the tick collection is being done at school yards, public parks and playgrounds, to evaluate exposure of our children to tick borne diseases.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd9P4COzII/AAAAAAAAAII/Xk6bCRKavBg/s1600-h/r.levesqueLunarTemple.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 245px; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383909591237971074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Srd9P4COzII/AAAAAAAAAII/Xk6bCRKavBg/s320/r.levesqueLunarTemple.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Lunar Temple, 12 x 12, mixed media, $300 Ralph Levesque</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">As of June 2009, the University of New H</span><span style="color:#ff9900;">aven has collected ~1500 deer tick samples and tested ~900 samples for Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) infection. The overall Bb infection rate was 72%, ranging from 51%-94%.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff9966;"></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SrT36pFnuCI/AAAAAAAAAHM/cvbDMOMpH7U/s1600-h/k.ruggieroSailboatatStonyCreek.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 254px; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383200041448486946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SrT36pFnuCI/AAAAAAAAAHM/cvbDMOMpH7U/s320/k.ruggieroSailboatatStonyCreek.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><em>Sailboat at Stony Creek</em>, oil/panel, 6x8, $150 K. Ruggiero</span></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SrT36OV_Z4I/AAAAAAAAAHE/iUlwjMw43bQ/s1600-h/k.ruggieroCalmWater.jpg"></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">The group also studies different forms of Borrelia bacteria to better understand how Borrelia can hide from the immune system and from different therapies. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SrT35iJ1CxI/AAAAAAAAAG8/n0H5J8lkHl4/s1600-h/k.ruggieroBenchView.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SrT35Ss1RoI/AAAAAAAAAG0/j-zbe2bTuuc/s1600-h/k.dorrosStonyCreek.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383200018259068546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/SrT35Ss1RoI/AAAAAAAAAG0/j-zbe2bTuuc/s320/k.dorrosStonyCreek.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Stony Creek, , oil/board $400</span> <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#99ff99;">Ken <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dorros</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_lf_OjPgI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/6qSExd-XDrg/s1600-h/k.dorrosHall%27sPoint.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 229px; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381772417442201090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_lf_OjPgI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/6qSExd-XDrg/s320/k.dorrosHall%27sPoint.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Halls Point, , oil/board $400 </span><span style="font-size:78%;">Ken <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dorros</span></span> </span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;"><br /></span><span style="color:#99ff99;"></span><span style="color:#ff9900;">With collaboration with Dr. Alan MacDonald, our group discovered that Borrelia is capable forming a protective layer around itself – called biofilm – which could render it to be resistant to antibiotics and provide a logical explanation as to why extensive antibiotic treatment for patients with a tick-bite history could fail.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">Our final goal in this project is to identify antibacterial agents that are effective in killing Borrelia burgdorferi without inducing biofilm, or even capable of destroying Borrelia burgdorferi in biofilm." <em>Dr. Eva Sapi</em><br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_afsl7wtI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/pJGOmIeifiA/s1600-h/g.asherHannah%27sHouse.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381760317812097746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_afsl7wtI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/pJGOmIeifiA/s320/g.asherHannah%27sHouse.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Hannah's House, 9 x 12, oil/panel, $175 Gayle Asher</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">The artwork that you see in this post will be exhibited at UNH this weekend May, 8 from 10-5 during the Lyme conference. If you want more information contact </span><a href="mailto:kim@ruggierogallery.com"><span style="color:#ff9900;">kim@ruggierogallery.com</span></a> <span style="color:#ff9900;">--- 50% proceeds go to research at UNH and 50% to the artist.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_afG7Wb1I/AAAAAAAAAEI/WAFBPNi4_Lo/s1600-h/d.perrronBrainerd%27s+II.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 263px; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381760307701378898" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_afG7Wb1I/AAAAAAAAAEI/WAFBPNi4_Lo/s320/d.perrronBrainerd%27s+II.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Brainerd's II, 6.5x8, acrylic/board, $75 Diana Perron<br /></span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_aemxTe_I/AAAAAAAAAEA/AZ-SridXzms/s1600-h/d.perronBrainerd%27sGarage.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 260px; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381760299069307890" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq_aemxTe_I/AAAAAAAAAEA/AZ-SridXzms/s320/d.perronBrainerd%27sGarage.JPG" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Brainerd's Garage, acrylic/canvas, 18 x 24, $350 Diana Perron</span><br /></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;">Thanks to these amazing professional artists for participating in this event. Your help and encouragement is a blessing.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq-OMwvyuOI/AAAAAAAAAD4/2iAypVdIIdU/s1600-h/d.aeschlimanStonyCreek.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381676429625964770" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ZwZNOml1Wc/Sq-OMwvyuOI/AAAAAAAAAD4/2iAypVdIIdU/s320/d.aeschlimanStonyCreek.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;color:#99ff99;">Stony Creek, o/c, 14.5 x 6, $500 framed Diane Aeschliman</span></div><div></div><div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Kimberly Ruggierohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426249610535017738noreply@blogger.com6