it was many, many years ago, just a bit after they invented the steam engine. march of 1980, to be precise. my 6-year-old son, my boyfriend and i were in a cab with maria gloria, an aging spanish actress who had worked under federico garcia llorca, going the 100 miles or so from santiago de… Continue reading granny countdown!
Month: March 2007
how to write a bad resume: a recipe
at a garden of nna mmoy (which i found through one the blogs on my blogroll, nickie’s nook), i came across monday missions – ideas on how to present blog postings for the next few mondays. the mission for today is to present the blog posting as a recipe. so here it is, something that… Continue reading how to write a bad resume: a recipe
how to use a book meme to choose a therapist
the other day i chanced upon an old post by my blogger friend dave– he had followed one of the many book memes that abound on the web. this one is fun – here are the instructions: 1. grab the nearest book. 2. open it to page 161. 3. find the fifth sentence. 4. post… Continue reading how to use a book meme to choose a therapist
antidepressants
when depression hits and doesn’t go away, sometimes it makes sense to take antidepressants. medline has a helpful little article about antidepressants, giving a very quick overview over how they work, what types of antidepressants are available, how to stop taking them, etc. i found this information to be the most useful: be patient when… Continue reading antidepressants
5 ways to better communication
barb crosses her arms and raises her voice, “you never take out the trash!” harry sighs and says, “i really should stop worrying about this.” raj keeps on playing his computer game and grunts, “sure!” what do these three have in common? barb, harry and raj find themselves in an uncomfortable situation, and they use… Continue reading 5 ways to better communication