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Ta Da, Told You So!

Today’s journal entry. Apropos because I have just gone through a medical thingie that could have been avoided had they simply listened to me when I told them what was…

From My Bookshelf

Your Body Believes Every Word You Say – One of the truest titles, ever!

18 Nov 20209 Feb 2023

Reading Your Body Believes Every Word You Say by the late Barbara Hoberman Levine (2014) wasn't easy. After all, I suffer, as you know, from health anxiety. <<< Link to…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Dear Me

28 Dec 20199 Feb 2023

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert Frost Dear Me is *not* one of the classics among my collection … but maybe it should be. It is a collection of letters written…

From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – Turtles All The Way Down – Never has there been a more appropriate book for the Fiction as Self-Help Category!

20 Jun 201915 Sep 2021

I almost don't know where to begin. Turtles All The Way Down is by the same guy (John Green) who wrote The Fault in our Stars, which I didn't read…

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Lorrie: A monstrously good guy!

17 Jun 201923 Jun 2019

I first met Lorrie on October 30, 2015. I know this because we have proof! That day, for Halloween, we were involved in an anti-bullying campaign that was filmed by…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Motherhood The Second Oldest Profession

14 Jun 20199 Feb 2023

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” – Erma Bombeck I was going to write about comedy as self-help. Erma Bombeck was certainly funny… but I’d consider her a…

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Suicide hotline numbers

Someone dies from suicide every 40 seconds

United States 1 800 273 8255

Canada 1 800 456 4566