Sweetieport Bay · Oregon Coast

Storm Watching & Fibromyalgia

Weather, nervous systems, and the long gray afternoons when the bay goes steel—four pieces from our house on Alsea Bay.

Read in any order

1. 01 Barometric Pressure and Fibromyalgia Why Toni feels a front before the app does—and what the literature says about pressure, pain, and prediction.
2. 02 When the Storm Is Inside Too The storm outside and the flare inside aren’t only metaphor; Ken walks the mechanisms.
3. 03 The Neuroscience of Rain Sounds Acoustics, the brain, and why water on the roof isn’t “just” ambience for a fibro body.
4. 04 Storm Watching as a Mindfulness Practice Toni on sitting with the weather instead of meditating the pain away.