One Armed Downward Facing Dog

11.03.2011

His advice was, let the break heal naturally and accept limited range of motion in your arm. When a surgeon says, “I don’t think we should operate”, how can one not listen.

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MLBBloPoMo–It’s not too late to join in

11.02.2011

I promise, on my honor, etc. etc. etc., to publish a post a day on MidLifeBloggers for the entire month of November . Care to join me? We could call it MLBBloPoMo

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A Halloween Rant

11.01.2011

I walked around in my full regalia, feeling like my prom date had stood me up. I went outside several times to peer up and down the street to see if anyone–anyone!–was coming.

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The Last Blind Date, by my new BFF

10.31.2011

And that ego drubbing was what made her realize “how dearly I needed a support system. And not just the kind made of spandex.”

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If I Should Die Before I Sleep….

10.27.2011

Actually, just thinking about having the last word–my imagination goes into overdrive.

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Fire and Rain, the book

10.24.2011

It offers, at least in my mind, the sound track to my personal history back in the day, and for that alone, I can’t stop reading.

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What Happens After Tomorrow? Imagining My Future

10.17.2011

Best case scenario: I maintain all my marbles (yes, this is the term we use in my family)I can remain in my home with a modicum of help….Perhaps, living as I do in the suburbs, I’ll shrivel up from loneliness and no one will ever know that I’ve taken to eating cat food.

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When I’m An Old Woman…

10.10.2011

I don’t begrudge other women the opportunity to band together and howl at the proverbial moon in such a way; I just don’t want to look so silly myself.

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What To Do With That Stuff We No Longer Need…

10.03.2011

But for the life of me, now that I’m finished with periods, I can’t decide what to do with my leftover tampons.

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Writing As Process & the Process of Writing

09.29.2011

It’s a trap, this process-product dichotomy, and it’s a habit, a knee-jerk habit that’s been so ingrained we slide into it without thinking

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