I apologize for being away for so long. I am working on a couple of projects that require my full attention AND that I take better care of myself. If I were to try to keep things lively by reviewing other people’s work and linking it here, I would almost certainly find something I would …
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I’m sorry I haven’t been posting. In the afternoons, when I would usually write, for the last several days I’ve been making the house more energy efficient so we can be warm and reduce our heating bills. My other usual writing time is right after seeing my father to bed, but I’ve been going to …
Most beautiful woman in heaven to me
Margaret Rose Ardussi, born June 1, 1941; died Dec. 7, 2004.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor on the brain and pure bliss consciousness
This video is neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor‘s talk at the TED conference on Feb. 27, 2008, on her experience of a hemorrhagic stroke in 1996. You may relate better to some posts I’m planning if you have listened to this speech first. I plan to refer to it when I write about my own …
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Sorry to be away for so long — I’ll be back soon
I’ve been neglecting my blogging because I’m still getting over my cough. I usually write after seeing my father to bed, but if I stay up late, it will take longer to get well. It may sound like I’m being a princess about this, but my big motivation for taking care of myself and trying …
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My current project
I have some clutter to clear and organizing to do and while I’m working on that, something in my schedule has to give and it’s going to have to be the blog rather than my father’s care. I’ve noticed quite the correlation to keeping up with my own fitness program and being able to think …
Fun, how to have
I suppose library card catalogs were replaced by computer databases 10 or 15 years ago, but once upon a time, dear younger gentle readers, you could look for books by subject on 3×5 cards in little drawers and the subject would be first — “Fun” — followed by the sub-category — “how to have.” I …
Social isolation now shown to be harmful to physical health as well as mental health
Yikes! I’m trying to figure out how long I’ve been socially isolated and it’s in the range of 18-to-25 years. I’ll be 57 in October, so that’s most of my adult life. It’s been for lots of reasons — Margaret’s multiple sclerosis, my undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (because it reduced my energy and earning power), …
‘I’m very happy in my old age’
Dad had severe back pain in June and part of the treatment has been physical therapy for him in a swimming pool. The practice treating him has a deal with the health club where we belong to use one of their pools, so I go work out on one of the elliptical machines while Dad …
Tarnation! This h’yar algorithm says …
I write like Mark Twain I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! Dear Matthew Vadum, who writes like Mario Puzo, put me up to this thanks to a post of his I spotted in my Facebook newsfeed last night. Then dear Dan Collins of POWIP inspired me to mosey over to …