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#45: Blessed Among All Women by Robert Ellsberg I found this quite compelling. St. Crispina: “A religion that inflicts torture on those who do not adhere to it is not a religion.”
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#46: A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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#47: A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket #48: The Suicidal Mind by Edwin S. Shneidman – this is one of the best books on the topic of suicide I have ever read. ETA #49:...
View ArticleJudgmental asshole.
(I’m talking about me in the title.) This morning I woke up to Pinterest, like I do. I was looking through homeschooling links, like I do. I am a judgmental asshole. I really am. What am I being...
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#1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson #2: The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larson #3: The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larson #4: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden...
View ArticleI need you.
Those three words make my heart start racing like I just completed a sprint. You need me? OK! What do you need?! I CAN DO IT! This morning my baby woke up scared and needed to cuddle me. Easy peasy. I...
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I finished The Cannabis Health Index. I may need to own a copy of my own. It was incredibly hard to just sit down and read it (I’m pretty sure I’m confusing a lot of cancer information in my head right...
View ArticleMedication then catching up
I know I go through periods of fewer posts. Don’t give up on me. I will always come back to writing. My arms were really bothering me. Typing less has brought the pain down to the 1-2 level. Hurray!...
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Online I keep seeing folks post about an existential loneliness and longing for a specific kind of gathering. I can’t help but feel like people are describing Disaster House Parties. A large event that...
View ArticlePost-therapy
I was a bitch to my therapist today. I have already apologized. I walked in looking for a fight. I started out the day freaking out. I’m going to have to deal with this “handwriting makes me feel like...
View ArticleWhat a nice day.
Woke up late. Breakfast was leftover tea sandwiches from yesterday, so no work. Ran a nice six miles up a hill (and back down of course). Lunch was more leftovers. We spent the day sleeping. Me and...
View ArticleThe lucky one
I woke up feeling positive affect. (That means I’m in a good mood.) Since I spend so much time feeling shitty (and writing about it) sometimes I like to make sure I show some balance. I feel some...
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I used to think it was useful for me to think of people as “family”. Tonight I got to have dinner then go to the Diana Gabaldon speaking engagement with a woman I used to think of as a big sister. I...
View ArticleLife is pretty good.
Wow, thanks for all the comments. That started my day off differently than normal. I’m having trouble controlling my smileys despite my promise to myself that I wouldn’t use them in the blog. Ahem. I’m...
View ArticleMorning routine
Here is my list of “it would be nice” if I did them in the morning. Run Write on blog Medicate Write on books that are in my head screaming to get out. Water the plants (not *Every* day but most days...
View ArticleBook recommendation
A friend let me borrow a book called You’re Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation and I want to recommend it to my friends with daughters. I cried a lot. Many of the points...
View ArticleGoing to see a geyser
I’ve never seen a geyser before. A friend asked us to go with her family up to the petrified forest. It will be an adventure. I’ve been noticing that I should be tracking our “school” activities at...
View ArticlePlaying favorites
When I talk to other mothers I frequently hear that one or more of their children strongly prefers daddy. Often to the point where mom is refused–sometimes with venom. I listen to these stories and...
View ArticleDropping off the van adventure
My friend said her son wanted to know why she was laughing and she couldn’t tell him because she was reading one of my adult-only posts. That made me think, “I really should try for more kid-friendly...
View ArticlePeripheral
I asked my current longest running friend how she experiences my emotional ups and downs. She said “Peripherally because mostly I’m focused on me.” It was… humbling in exactly the right way. It was a...
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