Blog Articles by Month: September 2011

Taking A Leap

I discovered that part of the problem on doing a rewrite of your book is that it inevitably leads to becoming convinced that you’re an amateur and an atrocious writer. Asking people you care about to tell you what’s wrong combined with turning you on a very critical eye on chapter after chapter leads to…

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Pain Management in Recovery and Addiction

My latest post for MyRACentral is about managing pain when you’re addicted or in recovery: “ My friend T. lives with high levels of chronic pain. The pain makes it difficult to get through each day and it’s not just having an impact on his physical function, but on his relationships with his family and…

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Out Among the English: Body Language & Disability

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about physical barriers tosocial interaction, mostly in terms of design issues and aspects that can be corrected by having some chairs in the place. Today, Part II. Namely physical barriers to interpersonal communication. Say that you’re At a formal occasion – a wedding, formal business event and the…

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In Praise of Sloth

It’s been 10 days of not doing very much at all aside from reading good books, watching good TV and lollygagging and it has been bliss. Just bliss. It took me more days than I care to admit to stop with the “shoulds.” Every time my internal voice said “you should be (insert work-related or…

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Half and Half

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The Killing

So… there’s been sitting at the lake, lots of reading and in the evening, I’ve been completely and utterly obsessed with the Danish series Forbrydelsen (The New York Times has a good article about it).  In English, it’s called The Killing and if that sounds familiar, it’s because there is an American remake airing on…

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Rest Stop

I’ve been spending a lot of time down by the lake since I last posted. You know how much water means to me – it soothes me, centers me, heals me. The fact that there is now a place so close to my home where I can go get in touch with those elemental forces…

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Firsts

It’s been an interesting week for new experiences. This past weekend found me down by the lake and two very exciting things happened. I saw the Snowbirds in person. Well, not exactly in person, but with my own eyes in real life, as opposed to images on the television screen. There they were, flying in…

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I’ll Be Over Here, Next to the Potted Plant

Say that you’re At a small family gathering and across the room sits a member of your family with whom you haven’t had a good chinwag in a while. What do you do? At a party where you don’t know anyone and don’t feel like spending any more time standing by yourself with a glass…

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BuskerFest Birthday/Winner

Before I report on the ant infestation, it’s time for the results of the tomato contest. There were 347 tomatoes in the bowl. K came came very close closest with a guess of 238 and also called me Fairy Princess – that alone deserves a reward! Congratulations, K! Check out my Flickr page and/or the…

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BuskerFest Accessibility

It’s tradition. Every year around this time, I post something that shamelessly points out that it’s my birthday and closely connected to that, often in the same post, I rant about BuskerFest. This is the four-day festival celebrating street performers that takes over my neighborhood to the point where it’s hard to go anywhere is…

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