Sorting Through Drafts
The other day, my pal on Twitter Leah Jones said she deletes more drafts on her personal blog than she publishes. She was talking about how she doesn’t blog much anymore, but she got me thinking. I’ve had this blog …
Patience is Someone Else’s Virtue
Why sugar coat it? Waiting sucks. Whether it’s waiting for a contract to get signed, or waiting for the results of a scary medical exam. Waiting is no one’s favorite thing. People always say patience is a virtue. I suppose …
Medical Quota?
Do you think it’s possible for a person to hit a sort of medical bad luck quota? So far this year, I’ve sprained an ankle–with a torn ligament, had a questionable mole removed, and racked up a fair share of …
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Yoga-venture: The Maiden Journey
As a yoga instructor, I don’t get out much. My practice and my home studio have been pretty consistent for quite some time. I take the same classes with the same teachers I’ve been familiar with for quite some time. …
PSA: Know Your Bank
Today, I lost my wallet. Walking from my partner’s car to the yoga studio we were testing out (yoga-venture post forthcoming), it somehow disappeared. I retraced my steps and couldn’t find it anywhere, in the car, on the sidewalk or …
Medical Balancing Act
Always a frustrating situation. The meds I’m on compromise my immune system. So if I happen to get sick, it sticks with me longer than it would for others. If I get See if this does not rub off some …
Crocheting My Way to Nirvana
Ram Dass tells this amusing story about one of his talks. He was speaking about an LSD induced transcendental experience he had, and there was an older woman sitting there nodding her head as if she understood all of the …
Bad Food for You: Nightshades
What the heck is a nightshade? The first time I heard the term I had no idea what the person was talking about. “Nightshade,” she said, “Like tomatoes and eggplant? …They cause swelling.” “Great, more dietary restrictions,” I thought. Growing …
From the Bookshelf: The Art of War
When my iPhone was replaced the other day, I spent some time playing in the app store. I always end up with at least one book reader on my phone, though usually I have a hard time reading on it. …
The Chronic Identity & the Law of Attraction
Chronics have to reevaluate who they are in the context of their disease. It goes back to my first post here, about illness narratives. Unlike having a cold, the illness story for a chronic becomes part of the life time …