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Tag: Health

Examining issues that relate to health: access to medical care, disease, a holistic understanding of the physical, spiritual and emotional aspects of health, etc.

Is there a middle way for U.S. health care? (Marrton Dormish)
May 22, 2012February 21, 2017 Paul Sargeant

“Health Care Via Media”

It might be a peculiarity of the American psyche, a rugged individualism and pioneering determination that has made the United States “the land of the free and the home of

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The front signage of a new Family Medical Center in Broomfield, Colo. (Marrton Dormish)
May 11, 2012February 4, 2017 Marrton Dormish

Reid’s Healthcare Mirror

In order to better conceptualize the approach and function of the U.S. healthcare system compared to others around the world, consider the following summary based on journalist T.R. Reid’s The Healing

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Habitat For Humanity volunteers building a house during the 2007 Fremont Fair in Seattle, Wash. (Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons)
April 17, 2012February 4, 2017 Marrton Dormish

Habitat home repairs

The well-known non-profit Habitat for Humanity does more than build new homes for people in economic need. Habitat also repairs homes for qualified families. Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is currently

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About The Author

Welcome! My name is Marrton Dormish. (If you're curious about the spelling of my given name, click here.) I'm a fourth-generation Coloradan. Although I was born and raised in Denver, I've lived in Missouri, New Mexico and Spain. In 2004, my family and I moved to Broomfield, Colo., which occupies the ancestral homelands of the Hinono'eiteen (Arapaho), the Tsitsistas (Cheyenne) and the Nuu-ci (Ute) nations.

I serve as a minister of presence, justice and memory at The Refuge, a hub for healing community, social action and creative collaboration that's been serving Broomfield and the North Metro area since 2006. Among other things, I walk alongside and companion people in need, help catalyze local affordable housing efforts, and facilitate “pilgrimages from below” to nearby sites of historical and cultural significance.

My family and I live in a bi-level not far from some beautiful, city-designated open space. Sometimes, we hear coyotes howling in the night.

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Poses by Sassie

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Sand Creek is all around us

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“‘No, it’s ‘M-A-R-R-T-O-N’: Reflections on a name” OR “Thanks, a lot, Mom”

April 13, 2019March 31, 2022

Episode 2 – With Jennifer Herrick

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