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Blossoming Blossoms
It’s springtime in Central Texas. My favorite time of year. Bluebonnets and 70-degree days. Last year, I was working too much, and missed most of it. This year, I’m taking advantage of a slow patch, and enjoying every bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, Attorney, BigLaw, BigLawBoss, Brintellix, Deplin, Depression, Diet, Exercise & Fitness, Flowers, Health, Mid-Life, Nature, Prediabetes, walking
Tagged Antidepressants, BigLaw, Brintellix, Central Texas, Deplin, Depression, diabetes, Divorce, exercise, Gray Divorce, Health, High-Cost Pharma, Low-carb high-fat, mental-health, nature, outdoors, Prediabetes, Reversing prediabetes, Texas Bluebonnets, Walking
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The In-Between
in-between : a state or position that is in the middle between two other things : a middle position Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2015. Transitions are excruciating. Sitting. Waiting. Seemingly stuck in the current place and longing for … Continue reading
From black holes to pits
I haven’t written about depression in a while. I’ve been acting as if I’d kicked it. Two years ago, deciding I was good to go, I ditched the meds. Drug free head, and all that. But depression isn’t a mind-over-matter … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, Brintellix, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, Health
Tagged Antidepressants, Brintellix, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, Health, mental-health
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Permission to Stop Drinking
A couple of years back, I wrote a post entitled, “Am I an alcoholic?” I don’t think I am, so I kept drinking. Since then, I’ve googled the hell out of things like: Reasons to quit drinking even if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, Addiction, Alcoholism, Health, Mid-Life, Sobriety
Tagged Alcoholism, Health, mental-health, Mid-Life, Reasons to quit drinking, Sobriety
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Celebration
Last night, I had trouble figuring out how to celebrate an achievement, if not with alcohol. Today, I bring you the kind of celebration I crave. Nature, celebrating itself.
Uncomfortably Un-numb
Here I am: Day 22 of the 100-Day-No-Booze Challenge. That’s three weeks without an after-work cocktail. The good news is, I’m no longer numb. The bad news is, I’m no longer numb. Funny thing about drinking (or whatever your numbing … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Birds, Law, Lawyer, Nature, Retirement, Sobriety, Wine
Tagged Alcoholism, Birds, Great Bear Rainforest, Health, healthy-living, mental-health, nature, Nikon D3200, Photography, Raven, Sobriety, Travel
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Thinking (and thinking) About Drinking
Yes, I am totally getting the hang of Lightroom. I figure if I bring you one image a day, I’ve got enough to last many lifetimes. So eventually, I’ll have to step it up and share several images at once. … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Birds, Ditching Cable TV, Finance, Frugality, Nature, Photography, Sobriety
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Alcoholism, Back-yard Birding, Birding, Birds, cardinal, Digital Photography, Finance, Frugality, Internet, Lightroom, mental-health, nature, Netgear C300, Nikon, Nikon D3200, outdoors, Photography, Retirement, Sobriety, Technology Hardware
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
I’ve been worried about myself. My weight continues to creep up. I’ve been drinking two to four glasses of wine (or gin and tonics) nearly every evening. Sometimes more on the weekends. Walking, yoga, and meditation have been sporadic. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Abusive Relationships, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Birds, Body Love, Death and Grief, Dementia, Depression, Domestic Violence, Elderly Parents, Family Business, Getting Unstuck, Healing, Health, Intervention, Lawyer, Living Life, Meditation/Mindfulness, Mid-Life, Nature, Photography, Sobriety, walking
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Abusive Relationships, Alcoholism, Birds, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Depression, Grief, HAES, Health, Health At Every Size, healthy-living, Lightroom, mental-health, Narcissism, Narcissist, nature, Nikon, Nikon D3200, outdoors, Photography, Sobriety
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Looking at Rocks
I’ve been home from the family cabin on Lake Superior for five days. My mind had been like the lake when it’s filled with silt–cloudy, murky, particles swirling around, obscuring from view the rocks on the bottom. I’ve settled. The silt is gone. The … Continue reading
Posted in Abusive Relationships, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Codependency, Death of a sibling, Domestic Violence, Elderly Parents, Lake Superior, Mid-Life
Tagged Abusive Relationships, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Death, Death of a sibling, Domestic Abuse, Dysfunctional family, Family, Family Dysfunction, Grief, mental-health, Mid-Life, Narcissism, Narcissist
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Gitche Gumee
I just returned from a short trip to my father’s cabin on Lake Superior in Northern Ontario. The last time I was up in August 2011, my father and brothers were still alive. My parents went up every summer in … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Canada, Death and Grief, Dementia, Elderly Parents, Grief, Healing, Lake Superior, Nature, Ontario, Travel
Tagged Alzheimer's, Birds, Canada, Chipmunks, Death, Death and Grief, Dementia, Elderly Parents, Family, Father, Gitche Gumee, Grief, Grieving, Lake Superior, Loons, mental-health, nature, Ontario, outdoors, Photography, Travel, vacation
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