Voice
Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefebre) by John Singer Sargent. 1882. From the Carnegie International Exhibition. Painted in Paris. I started this site when I was in grad school as a…[...]
Adjectives
I've been working on values and what exactly they are and what they mean to me. The guiding definition is a state of being that I am continuously working toward.…[...]
Headaches
Blistering headache to end the workday. The bitter chill of the bike ride to the train station did it. I was optomistic that the sun and building body heat would…[...]
Exhaustion, stress, and headaches
Today I had definitive proof that I have a connection betwee exhaustion and headaches. I had the data last April, but today was a prime example. The past twenty-four hours…[...]
Health initiative
Last weekend I finally made it into the dietician, a task three months delayed for administrative reasons. The session was surprisingly predictable: she had my lab report, we discussed my…[...]
Personal data and health decisions
A few weeks ago I went to the doctor. Nothing urgent. It had been five years since I had a physical and one year since I came in for headaches…[...]
Health
I just took off several days from work. I spent part of it going in for a medical procedure (elective and outpatient) and then spend some recovering. I also had…[...]
Joy and Peace
This is the non-fiction I have been reading for months. Rising Strong by Brené Brown The Sound of Paper by Julia Cameron Cold Tangerines by Shauna Niequist Big Magic by Elizabeth…[...]
Big Magic
I received Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic when it came out last Tuesday. I had read it through by Thursday. The book was an easy read, similar in style to Eat, Pray, Love…[...]
Beautiful words
I have a secret wish to write beautiful words. I felt it rise up in my consciousness on my walk with the puppy last night. The walk was an impusive…[...]