Last week at the beginning of a session, my counselor handed me a plastic dinosaur. I tucked it under my arm as we talked, and waited for him to tell me what was up with the toy. Of course he didn't start by telling me anything; instead, he asked me what I "noticed" about the T-Rex... … Continue reading A Dash of Tobasco
Category: Recovery
Addendum to a Eulogy
Yesterday my dad should have turned seventy. He passed away this year on my birthday, so this weekend we've been missing him on his. Ironically, I could still practice my favorite joke-ritual, which was not to call my dad (whose depth of phone-phobia was rivaled only by my sister's and my own) on his birthday. I … Continue reading Addendum to a Eulogy
Singing in the Shower
It's fairly telling that my most "recent" post here dates from almost two years ago. It's even more telling that I haven't FELT like writing for two years. (That should be a red flag for a person like me, right?) And the real irony is that there was plenty to be writing ABOUT in those two years, … Continue reading Singing in the Shower
“Life”—a Revised Edition
My sister and I used to play the Milton-Bradley board game Life, moving a plastic car along the predetermined path (adding pink or blue pegs to represent spouse and kids), and marking the "mileposts" of American living by paying or collecting money for various events. I suppose this game is intended to represent how life is "supposed" … Continue reading “Life”—a Revised Edition
Mythbusters Edition: “Depression is Just in Your Head”
Well, okay---Depression IS just in your head, but not in the way people mean when they say something like that. People who make (misguided, misinformed, misanthropic) statements like the above are saying that you just need to change your mind / suck it up / pull yourself up by your bootstraps [side-note: what, exactly, IS … Continue reading Mythbusters Edition: “Depression is Just in Your Head”
Superb Owl Sunday (OR… The Anthropology of Advertising)
So I hear the Super Bowl was last Sunday! Who knew? Well, okay---everybody else knew. This is one of the "social side-effects" of having no television channels. Last weekend's Super Bowl actually came to our attention accidentally a few days before the game, when a nursing assistant asked us which team we'd be rooting for. Long … Continue reading Superb Owl Sunday (OR… The Anthropology of Advertising)
To “Re:” or Not to “Re:”… That is the Question
As I begin to write this post, I haven't yet arrived at my own answer, but I'm launching the question itself as a topic that most bloggers will run into at some time or another...The Situation: A very nasty note, posted as an anonymous comment on this blog. It was directed in all its viciousness … Continue reading To “Re:” or Not to “Re:”… That is the Question
Kana's Chronicles 