Month: July 2008

blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 3

this little imaginative piece about my ideal writing weekend is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should… Continue reading blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 3

blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 2

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by clicking the… Continue reading blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 2

blogathon: my ideal writing weekend

my ideal writing weekend … mmmmhh …. what a lovely thing to write about … this is my entry for the my ideal writing weekend contest. (if you’d like to participate, too, just click on the link!) this is what it looks like: … so i wake up in the morning, having slept in an… Continue reading blogathon: my ideal writing weekend

blogathon: creativity and schizophrenia

(this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by clicking the link;if not, just… Continue reading blogathon: creativity and schizophrenia

blogathon: metabolism and circadian rhythm

missing link found between circadian clock and metabolism two new research studies have discovered a long sought molecular link between our metabolism and components of the internal clock that drives circadian rhythms, keeping us to a roughly 24-hour schedule. the missing link is a well-studied mammalian protein called SIRT1, which was previously known to be… Continue reading blogathon: metabolism and circadian rhythm

blogathon: 6 questions about change – twelve-step’s step 6

i haven’t done an entry on the twelve steps for a while. the last one was on step five. the idea of discussing the 12 steps here is to look at how they can help anyone, not only people who go to groups like alcoholics anonymous, overeaters anonymous or alanon (for people with alcoholics in… Continue reading blogathon: 6 questions about change – twelve-step’s step 6

blogathon: vancouver magic

okay, here’s another book: city magick, by christopher penczak. it contains some wonderful ideas and exercises about how to experience city environment in a new, reverent and magical way. i feel very ambivalent about some aspects of city environment. for example, a few years ago, when a huge forest fire raged in kelowna, i was… Continue reading blogathon: vancouver magic

blogathon: internet, the great procrastination enabler drug

a post my husband wrote for this blog a few weeks ago. kind of ironic, to be using it for the blogathon, wouldn’t you say? my wife and i are not TV watchers. for me, other than NFL football season and once a month late-night-in-bed-just-before-going-to-sleep scanning of showcase/learning channel/PBS i don’t willingly watch any television.… Continue reading blogathon: internet, the great procrastination enabler drug