Book Review: The Postmistress
Me and Audible have a routine. Every Tuesday, I place myself in front of my computer with a cup of tea and half an hour set aside for my weekly treat: perusing the new audio book releases. About a month or so ago, I saw a book called The Postmistress, checked the description, which sounded…
Best Friends
Claire and Janne, when they were about 17. Today is Claire’s birthday. We miss you very much, love.
A Very Special Victim: Why I Stopped Watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Updated April 19, 2021 I stopped watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit a long time ago, after a blogger names Twisty (who alas seems to not be publishing anymore) described it as Law & Order: Mutilated Women’s Unit and just couldn’t get that out of my head. Earlier this week, I happened to see…
In Which We Discover I Am a Total Wuss
Not that we didn’t know this already… I used to like roller coasters, loved the release of tension, sheer terror, sense of being alive that came with a ride on a good one. And then when I was fairly young, my father took me on this old, rickety coaster made of wood (and possibly held…
Pain Thresholds, Gender and More Ranting
A couple of weeks ago, in response to my rant about the medical literature talking about the alleged hyperalgesia (i.e., lower pain thresholds) in people living with RA, Carrie (sorry – forgot the link) asked a very good question. Namely whether it wasn’t a good thing to identify that RA appeared to lower your pain…
Taking the Reins
My new post for MyRACentral is up: “Compliance. Following doctor’s orders. The words make my teeth itch and not just because in addition to rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, I have a chronic case of you’re-not-the-boss-of-me-itis.” The rest is here.
Two Steps Back
Me, two weeks ago: “it’s amazing how much you can get done when you’re trying not to think.” Me, 10 days ago: “I can’t move.” It’s been a bit of a year so far and the upshot of all the death, disease and disaster has been a rather intense level of activity on the work…
5 Year Plan
I was watching the Barbara Walters special before the Oscars – and can I just say how very awful the Academy Awards were this year? I’d rather have watched Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White for a couple of hours than watch that impersonal, rushed, yet dragging-into-eternity evening and where was I again? Oh yes,…
Sweet Boredom
I can’t remember the last time I had vacation. Of course, it could be argued that when you’re not working, you’re perpetually on vacation, but it’s not the same. Life fills up, regardless of what you do – or don’t do – and although you may lollygag for a few hours in an afternoon and…