Category Archives: self image Summer isn’t quite over When I was a kid the first day back at school meant a ‘how I spent my summer vacation’ essay. I doubt that any of those essays delved into either the physical changes and emotional growth that we experienced over those summer months. That was the real story that none of […]  I don’t believe in bad luck Though I don’t believe in bad luck or good luck for that matter, I’m starting to feel like a character in a Lemony Snickett story. Lately, it seems as if the world is conspiring against me, and it’s making me a little edgy. I’m not waiting for the other […]  Love it or hate it No matter your approach to it there is a constancy to the work of cooking. Even the simplest tasks require some degree of preparation, assembly, and cleanup. If you hate it the work is odious, if you love it can literally and figuratively feed you. Either way, most of us […]  Better than what? I would like to be better. But it’s not that easy. An old friend often responds to my snarky Twitter posts with that very tag; #Be Better. I suppose he means to be kinder, but he is a kind of snarky person himself, so maybe he means be even better at being […] Hoping and dreading Last week I got the email with the best worst news I’ve been awaiting. Or was it the worst best news? The university where I work(ed) is reopening for the fall semester, and I will return to work in August. Yeah! Oh. What do you want first? The good news or the […] |
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