Practical ways to fight depression

October 3, 2025
How to Fight Depression: A Compassionate Guide for the Journey Depression isn’t just sadness. It’s a heavy fog that can roll into our lives and cloud everything we see, touch, and feel. It’s not weakness. It’s not a flaw. It’s an illness—and it’s one many of us face, especially as...

Beautiful things ~ typewriter

November 25, 2009
These old and battered typewriter keys remind me of an old Royal my parents had. (Wish I still had it.) And the one on which I learned to type in 7th grade.My Mass Media...

Omission still a sin, last time I looked

November 25, 2009
So I finally remembered to order a copy of the newspaper in which my "advice to college freshmen" op-ed ran last August. The Syracuse Post Standard. When I opened the...

Hair yesterday, hair tomorrow

November 25, 2009
Is it too much, do ya think, to be really, really excited that your California hairstylist is still doing hair? Yes. I got a return text when I used her old cell...

Buddha

November 24, 2009

The root of Riley’s attitude problem

November 24, 2009
That's right. We found his secret stash of affirmation tapes. THIS is why he's such a confident dog.We've confiscated them.And listen to them ourselves, with a...

The blessing of women friends

November 24, 2009
Dinner last night with women friends, both professional women. One is in sales and marketing for a corporation with headquarters in the Northeast and the other is a...

Beautiful things ~ colorful fabric

November 24, 2009
I love fabric and especially colorful fabric. This struck my fancy the other...

What it is …

November 23, 2009
...is apparently Cochlear Meniere's syndrome.Brought on by an overload of salt in my diet.And will be eliminated by steroids and a low-salt diet.Or at least that's what...

Idea for your Christmas list

November 23, 2009
I am currently enthralled with this jewelry designer from Scotland and think these would make great Christmas gifts. If you haven't already finished your shopping, as I...

Christmas! Wrapping gifts!

November 23, 2009
I'm probably pushing the season, but I have begun to wrap Christmas gifts.While I still have Christmas bags and wrap squirrelled away, I am also recycling my overall bag...

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