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[The Troll Family Scrapbook] My One Day in New York
Days before I was to leave, I took a good look at the far end of my
itinerary and finally fully realized that I was looking at a 15-hour
layover in New York City!
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Mothers say the most amazing things.
Yesterday was one of the tough days.
By the time the car was loaded, I was wavering on my feet and could not answer my mother's simple questions.
Best Beloved turned to my mother and explained gently, "She's run out of spoons."
Without a moment's hesitation, my mother replied, "You need spoons? I will give you spoons!"
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Today's Health Update:
Thyroid levels approaching normal.
Liver (presumably miffed at all the attention to other body parts) now going to hell. -
It's like turning a fire hose on fighting dogs.
All you get is wet fighting dogs.
Brief facts in case *you* don't have the time to read through 12+ different articles, double-check the sources, and pull all the details into one place.
Undisputed Fact - The declared, official primary purpose of the flotilla was "to raise international awareness". Organizer Greta Berlin has repeatedly emphasized ( Read more... ) -
Asking the Universe (hi, Universe!)
We have a biofeedback program that would be doing me a LOT of good-- but I can't sit up at my computer long enough to do the exercises.
We have a comfortable chair that can support me through the relaxation exercises, and Best Beloved is loaning me his laptop when he isn't job-hunting, net-working, cataloging, and opensource testing...
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For my "naturals"
(In the Group Health class for living with chronic conditions, people who are good at gathering and distributing resources are known as "naturals". I like that.)
Despite many recommendations, I have not pursued acupuncture for my metabolic disorder because of the huge barrier of expense.
Then an acupuncturist we know very firmly referred me to Dr. ( Read more... ) -
We get our kicks from weird places.
When I was a little girl, I loved going to Shakey's Pizza. I loved every darkened vinyl-covered inch of the place. The tables were covered with the fiercely close print and wild claims of reproduced Turn-of-the-Century advertisements ( Read more... ) -
I should have checked with my librarians on this one...
The Great Teat of Inner SustenanceSeattle Public Library would like YOUR input on how to allocate their resources. (A "how to" that *I* always thought required long hard years of specialized graduate school, but, hey! what French-American can resist sharing her opinion?)
Here's the survey.And here's hoping that taking this is a form of civic duty ( Read more... )
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