Sunday, Nov 21 2010
The masthead for October 2010, “A Work-filled Fall,” perhaps could be better titled — “So What If It’s Late November and I’m Just Now Posting an October Masthead.” The photo was taken at the Philadelphia Convention Center with a cell phone that I’m eager to replace. Under one of the escalators/staircases was this huge wall [...]
Categories: Academia, Daily Grind, Health -- Tags: Caffeine, DissertationSunday, May 24 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot about self-talk lately. I’ve been more sensitive to the lies I let in about my capability and my worth, and have realized how poisoning these lies can be. I like what others have said about this issue… A college friend, Sarah (Gale) Evers, wrote sort of a New Year’s resolution [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Health -- Tags: Self-talkTuesday, Jan 20 2009
In the last two posts (here and here) I had mentioned my “back spasms” and then mentioned that my health had been deteriorating throughout December. The “back spasms” and “back discomfort” in fact had little to do with my back. As symptoms progressed – nausea, loss of appetite, exhaustion, weakness, general sick feeling, back pain, [...]
Categories: Health -- Tags: Gall Bladder, MichelleFriday, Jan 16 2009
On Sunday morning, December 7th, I received a concerning phone call about my step-father. (His name is Robert, but decades ago the nickname Ro was given to and seamlessly stuck with him.) Ro was in the ICU with renal failure. The situation looked grim. I was in a sickly state myself, but felt a tug [...]
Categories: Childhood, Daily Grind, Health, Parenthood -- Tags: Death, Family, MichelleThursday, Dec 11 2008
Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor to find answers for the back spasms that I’ve been having. The first episode was in late September, here and gone in a painful, scary night. The spasms didn’t rear their ugly face again until early November, but again they were over within a night. The past week [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Health -- Tags: Brian, Family, Friends, Michelle