Archive for the 'observations' Category

chewing

February 20th, 2010

I’ve had health problems lately. It has caused me to read and read and read endlessly on the internet. Much of what I’ve read has to do with better nutrition and digestion. One of the digestion tips is to chew food well. I know we all hear that from our moms growing up, but in [...]

light therapy

December 23rd, 2008

Hans sent a link about a light therapy clock to me. He knows that the lack of light in the winter can get me down and tired at times. However, this winter, I don’t feel nearly as tired or depressed as I had been the past few winters. I have two theories for why this [...]

orange and blue

February 27th, 2007

I was talking with a coworker today and I came to a revelation—seems I’ve been having a lot of those lately. Anyhow, I realized that I’ve been destined thus far to live in blue and orange. It all began when I was four. Our family moved to a new house and my parents let my [...]

incredulous

November 30th, 2006

Amazing. This morning, I was riding the bus on the way to work. It’s not normally packed, but today it was, so I didn’t have a seat. Down the road, an elderly asian man got on the bus. He had a cane and could barely make his way into the bus. Needless to say, he [...]

hand cramp

September 25th, 2006

Before there were computers, or even typewriters for that matter… (Hans says, “there were monks, living in monasteries,” but that’s not what I’m getting at here) I wrote with pens and pencils. I colored with crayons and markers. I made random marks with paintbrushes. These were outpourings of thought and expression. Every mark meant something. [...]