Breaking News: I’m Not Crazy!
Between the damage from the big flare in 2004, as well as acquiring fibromyalgia around the same time, a number of interesting twists have been added to my life, the main one having become ridiculously sensitive. A millimeter’s worth of change can throw me off completely, triggering a cascading fibro flare with all its attendant…
For Grace: A Voice for Women in Pain
In my new post for HealthCentral, I did a follow-up interview with Cynthia Toussaint about her nonprofit foundation For Grace, an organization for women who live with pain: ‘“I wanted to start what I needed when I got sick.” Cynthia Toussaint is a woman with a mission. She wants to help women in pain get…
Helping Hands – Raisng Money for Show Us Your Hands!
You guys rock my world! In the last two weeks of September, I held a fundraiser for Show Us Your Hands! For every copy of Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tools for Managing Treatment, Side Effects and Pain sold, 50% of the royalties would go to this organization that I love so much. And a…
Low Clouds
Wandered out a few weeks ago to do an errand and grabbed my camera on the way out. And was very glad I did. Because this is what I saw on the way The clouds were hanging so low you’d think Toronto was on the top of a mountain! I moved down to the corner,…
The Aurora Foundation of Southern Arizona Seeks Editor for Online Publication!
Since June, I’ve mentioned now and again that I picked up another freelance gig, but haven’t said too much about it. I’ve been very lucky woman to have the opportunity to work for Stephanie Parker, President of The Aurora Foundation of Southern Arizona on a wonderfully exciting and important project. In the last four months…
Giving Thanks
I had a plan. This plan has been in the works for months and was directly related to The Boy and I going to the Toronto Islands with the intention to commit photography (our idea of romance). It never really happened in the Spring and then it got too warm — not for me, The…
Catastrophes and Calamities
It all started the weekend before my birthday when I was chewing some redleaf lettuce and lost a filling. I didn’t know it then, but it was the start of a cascade of catastrophes that has so far lasted four weeks. A few days after half my tooth fell out, my dentist told me I…
Blessing of the Animals
For years, I’ve read articles in our local paper about the annual Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis Day. Which means that for years, I’ve missed it and every time, I kick myself. This year, I didn’t and spent some time at St. James Cathedral on Saturday at the service for animals. I was…