Did you become the sort of parent your parents warned you about? Are you surprised? We had stern warnings growing up about kids from unsupervised homes, which meant anyone different than us. Those were houses we weren’t allowed to visit. It was supposed to be a vaccine against hard partying high school nights. […]
Chemo Nausea: How To Cope By Comparing Other Nausea
July 16, 2018 by
People who’ve lived a little, maybe over done things once or twice, have lists. A Best Of list. A Worst Of list. Whether it’s a car, teacher, town, or vacation, it all fits one list or the other. Then there’s the list you make for chemo nausea, which you only get […]
BREAST CANCER: A MOTHER JONES FACEBOOK POST ASKS IF ALCOHOL IS A CAUSE. WHAT ARE OTHER CANCER CAUSES?
April 12, 2018 by
From motherjones.com: Susan Sontag once wrote that telling people about your cancer diagnosis tends to fill them with mortal dread. But when I’ve disclosed my illness to friends and told them that alcohol can cause breast cancer, I’ve never invoked enough mortal dread to deter anyone from ordering a second drink. Most women […]
BAD TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY SECRETS REVEALED
April 17, 2017 by
Find the right cluster of furniture piled behind a steel fence. If it carries an association with a famous author, all the better. Frame it in and push the button. All done, right? Photography secrets are in plain sight in this example. The fence distorts the view. The frame’s too small to read anything. It […]
BABY BOOMER DEATH MARCH
November 3, 2015 by
What Happens When That Music Starts? From the Washington Post: “In January, the CDC reported that an average of six people die every day because of alcohol poisoning and that 76 percent are ages 35 to 64. Three-quarters are men.” That party bus of life shifted gears when we weren’t looking. The baby boomer mantra […]
DUII FOR MILLENNIALS: THE MOVIE
April 18, 2015 by
What’s The ‘You’ In DUII For Millennials? You’ve seen the ad on TV? The drunk driving ad? Two young couples out for a good time. Jackets and ties and ladies in nice dresses. Laughing, drinking. Probably have babysitters waiting to go home. More laughing. Then the drive home. The police roadblock. Nobody funny now. The […]
