Halloween was a non event in my house. I worked, picked up my kid and put her to bed. Maybe I watched TV, maybe I was too tired. Since I’ve started working six or…
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I saw an article about a scientific study on thinking time, most of the participants would rather give themselves an electric shock than spend 15 minutes alone in a room—just thinking. One guy shocked…
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Good morning! It’s 2:18 AM a time of peak creativity and thankfully an earthquake not imagined awoke me to finish something on my list. In a past life I’d just be starting this post…
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Kidney stones cause pain which can easily be mistaken for tons of less serious problems, until you experience an episode of renal colic, which causes pain “to rival that of childbirth” as all the…
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This is one of those questions that pops up in all it’s variations the instant you have a baby. It’s very similar to senior year in high school when everyone asks “So, what are…
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I cleaned my closet, then I wrote this melodramatic sonnet in the style of Shakespeare. Place hand to brow & read it bombastically if you have ever been pregnant: Ode to my former waistline…
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It’s getting humid in Tokyo and soon it will also be brutally hot. The romantic ideal of summer is sitting on tatami mats dressed in colorful cotton yukata nibbling salted watermelon while delicately waving…
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A bloom of spring and pregnancy.…
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My father is dying. I don’t want you to feel sad for me, my father has nearly died many times. In fact, my father has nearly died so many times that he says he’s…
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If you haven’t been following all the news in Asia you might not know about the current territorial spat between Japan and China over an uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea. Prime…