5 Randoms on Monday
Hello, blog people! Did you miss me? I wandered off there for a while. Not deliberately, but life happened rather a lot and there has been very little time to write. Here are five thoughts from the last two weeks that may shed some light on what I’ve been up to: Be careful what you…
In Which I Sound like an Old Fart
Before I start being opinionated, I would like it known that when I was a child, I did not actually walk to school for miles in blizzards, nor was it uphill both ways. That said, we have become wimps. Winter in Toronto has so far been very winter-ish. It started a good four weeks early…
Reflections and Resolutions
It’s impossible to come to this date and not think back on what’s happened in the previous 12 months. I used to excel at finding the past year wanting, but this year, I see it all through rose-coloured glasses. This was a monumental year for me and it’s all gone past in a blur. I…
Loyalty: A Two-Way Street
I don’t have a smartphone. Yes, really. There are a few reasons for me being so hopelessly Luddite. One, I’m cheap. I have a perfectly serviceable flip phone with a plan that costs me $30 a month. This is a decent price to pay for something that’s essentially insurance and a watch. I use it…
Ready for My Close-Up?
Never in a million years did I imagine that someday, I would be in this situation. But I get ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning. You may have noticed that I’ve been rather absent from the blog lately. As you may have suspected based on that photo up there, I have a…
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…
Freedom
Freeeeeeedoooooom!! For the entire month of August, I will be on sabbatical from HealthCentral. This is my main day job, and one that I love passionately. That passion has a tendency to translate into a lot of work and to be fair, not just for HealthCentral. I wear a lot of hats and together, they…
A Matter of Millimeters
I am extremely thenthitive. Perhaps not so much emotionally, but physically? Fuggedaboutit. Decades of RA, especially the wreckage after my 2004 flare, combined with fibromyalgia has made me as sensitive as the girl in Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea. My body works all right within my current parameters, but if you mess…
Festival of Tongues
Last weekend, we went to the annual “immerse yourself in canines” festival a.k.a.Woofstock. It delivered just as much fun as usual, except with the odd exclusion of funnelcake. I’ve been talking about dogs and funnelcakes for months and was very disappointed to only find one of the two anticipated delights. However, when it comes to…
Solidarity
and it effectively prevents me from doing almost everything. Here’s a story to keep you entertained while I sit still and heal. Last weekend (before the injury happened), The Boy and I went out to do a photo shoot with the paperback edition of Your Life with RA. Which has made me vaguely consider bringing…
Better Than Chewing!
I blame Laurie for this. A week ago, she wrote about incorporating more fruits and vegetables in her diet by making smoothies. Kale smoothies, in particular. My naturopath has been trying to get me into smoothies for while (a long while), but no luck so far. Then I read Laurie’s post and got all excited…