What me worry? That is my new motto. Free Saturdays, from now on, will be anxiety free...dedicated to walking, mundane chores, cooking, light television watching, and leisure reading. I am back on duty, but will do everything during the work week and enjoy my weekends. That is my goal ( Read more... )

I finished the journal article manuscript edits, and it was a slam dunk--accepted into LIBRES! Woo hoo ( Read more... )

Moods go up and down, energy levels go up and down, depression has been constant for some time now. I can only do so much, and I am enjoying fewer and fewer things because of my reduced energy levels ( Read more... )

A friend of mine posted a childhood memory in her blog. She told a story about when she was seven years old, getting a ride home from school by her mother's room-mate. My friend is multiracial and her mother's room-mate was Jewish. A policeman stopped their car, and this Jewish woman told my friend--at seven years old--to keep her mouth shut and ( Read more... )

Crockpot chili was a success. I did not have room in the crock pot for tater tots like I wanted, because I put two cans of beans in there (black beans and garbanzos) but it came out great and will make good hot lunch over collard greens ( Read more... )

I am not a religious person, and my Jewish education is extremely limited. At the same time, I respect religion and spirituality, and I believe that if you are going to say the holy words of your people, you should know them, and feel them, and NOT READ THEM FROM A SCRIPT ( Read more... )

My body, heart, mind, and soul have given out. I barely made it into work, got what I needed to get done on my to do list, and went home early. really early. I was only at work for two hours before I said fuck it. I needed to be home under the blankets, in pajamas, watching movies ( Read more... )

I am someone
I have talents
I am strong
I am loved and am capable of love
I have a future

I can't sleep. Not sure if it is due to moving the clocks an hour ahead, or hormones, or stress and anxiety or taking my vitamins too late in the day cos I get too busy otherwise, but I am struggling. I am really struggling ( Read more... )

To get some ideas for how to facilitate my upcoming Wikipedia training session with the Minnesota Digital Library staff, I went to the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon today at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. I brought my friend Angela along so she could get her feet wet in the world of Wikipedia. I finally finished the entry I started last ( Read more... )