Below is a link to an essay I read today in the New Yorker dealing with a novelist and his lies. It resonates with me on many levels and raises some very interesting questions about race, culture, and identity in our modern age and very mixed American society. It is intriguing to me because the … More Some thoughts and questions about identity
Things I learned by being social media free for 40 days (!). TL;DR – it’s true. People do not talk (vocalize/verbalize) anymore. Also smartphones are increasingly necessary just to get through the day. First, let me define social media. During this period, I used Lent’s forty days, I did not use: Facebook Instagram Twitter Quora … More I gave up social media for 40 days. Here is what I learned.
Let’s talk Thanksgiving. I have been grousing all week because a global pandemic, food allergies, and so on were messing up my holidays; cussing about how I hated hanging out with my family because everyone would complain about the food, each other, and basically everything else. Today a couple of kids and their mom (Non-English … More Thanksgiving
So here is a learn from me PSA: I deleted my online snail mail pen pal group tonight because I apparently bought the Holland Tunnel. And it makes me really sad that I have to share this. Trust is such a big deal especially right now and people are feeling lonely and vulnerable. Today I … More I got scammed, again, this is how you can avoid it. Part 2. Snail mail.
You know how books always have the bit at the front about how the people in the book are imaginary and that any resemblance to living people is just coincidence? Yea, not so much. As an author, I have always found others interesting despite my social issues, but never realized that I, a confirmed introvert, … More Writing process: Birth of a heroine
This is the story of a lady from Maryland whose story is a bit stranger than most. While Lyme is frequently misdiagnosed and/or untreated, this story forces me to believe that many in the medical community are more in need of our aid than I had previously supposed. For D. , it all started with … More Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of an Epidemic – D. from Maryland
Since this was written in an open format and with the public in mind as a post on her blog (and graciously shared) , I will allow it to stand as such and make only spelling and grammar corrections as needed. For more from this brave lady’s blog see the source list at the back … More Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of an Epidemic – Lauren H. L.
When I first offered to write this book, I had no idea what kind of response I would get…and so I was perhaps a bit surprised when the first offer to share I got came from not a person but an organization that had created a fundraiser for a person. But, hey, okay, whatever. There … More Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of an Epidemic – Elizabeth C.
Lyme Encephalopathy By Angela Castle on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 1:47pm (Used with permission. Unchanged from original.) Distinct pattern of cognitive impairment noted in study of Lyme patients 1) Cognitive Characteristics of Chronic Lyme Encephalopathy On the basis of both a formal neuropsychological study of 49 patients (APA 5/96) … More Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of an Epidemic – Nonfic Insert – Lyme Encephalopathy
The heroine of this Lyme story has much to share. She is an intelligent and articulate Southern Bell who hails from Atlanta, Georgia. She is 43 years old and a mother of three, whose troubles began in August of 2010, with what she thought was a “bug bite”. It turned out to be that, all … More Lyme Disease: Stories From the Front Lines of an Epidemic – Amalee
EVOLVING MALE 