Vegetative states While it was an article on French Yahoo several days ago that alerted me to this story, CNN Health is now reporting the news that for the first time, a man in a persistent vegetative state (since a car crash in 2003) was able to respond to questions about his life, by thinking […]
Boost your brain (with pleasure)
Unanticipated pleasure Last evening, for three hours, I hovered in the pleasure zone, my brain and body exquisitely in sync. This was delight the likes of which I haven’t felt in six months, or perhaps as long as a year. The kind of pleasure, intense and pervasive, that obliterates worry and fatigue as all the […]
Everyone needs a Parisian adventure, n’est-ce pas?
I wandered into this, compliments of Google. Perhaps you’ve seen it elsewhere, but I loved it. (But then, what’s not to love? It’s delicious and romantic in an endearing, geeky sort of way.) A Parisian love story. Even though it’s an ad for Google, it’s quite charming, meandering from a few key phrases to translate […]
Super Bowl Sunday: just another day?
Super Bowl Sunday – an American institution? So how did Super Bowl Sunday get to be such an institution? Are you planning your day around TV football pre-game shows, prepping in the kitchen with traditional family finger foods and a passel of neighbors stopping by for the evening? Are you out at your favorite sports […]
Six Dollars for Sensory Therapy
Wake up and smell the coffee When your day starts at three in the morning, it’s amazing what you can accomplish. There’s gazing at the 14 stacks of books, folders, and magazines you need to organize (without actually organizing them), or staring down heaps of unfolded laundry with a little smile, knowing they make fine […]
Parenting Is a Profession. Where’s My Paycheck?
Let’s stop devaluing the breadth of skills that parents bring to the table.
What Frightens You?
I was a reading a news report this morning, a serious one, about a young man who died on the rails of the French metro system, in a freakish incident. He was grabbed from the crowd at random, and pulled in front of an arriving train by a crazy man who took a complete stranger […]
Female2Female Exercise
Fill in the blanks? Random thoughts? Oooo baby, yeah!! Give this Female2Female word-image-thought blog challenge a twirl. I found it on the lovely April’s blog post today. Just copy the bolded words, and complete the sentence or thought with whatever comes to mind first. Then link up over at Female2Female. It’s fun! Female2Female Random meme […]
The Treasure Box
Jewelry case, treasure box, and secret objects Doesn’t every kid have a treasure box? Some sort of secret container tucked under a bed or stowed in the back of a closet? Made out of cardboard or straw, velvet or plastic. Perhaps an old cigar box. Remember those? Or a metal case that held who-knows-what, subsequently […]
The Fairness Doctrine
Life isn’t fair On a rainy afternoon three years ago, my elder son and I were in a car accident. He was driving. My son was unhurt as was the other driver, but I sustained minor injuries and the car was totaled. I was without regular employment at the time, and therefore without disability insurance […]