The Cleanse is taking a toll on me today. I don't know if it's also the weather and its gloominess that's contributing to my extreme ennui, but I was definitely running at very low RPMs today. I resorted to my SAD light this morning and left it on for the entirety of my writing time, … Continue reading Cleanse: Day 6
Month: January 2010
General Hospital
Today I went to the hospital with Ira so I could drive him home after his colonoscopy. Question: What's with all the TVs in hospitals? I couldn't find a single place to just sit and read my book in peace and quiet. In one room it was the latest horrors from Haiti. In Room 2, … Continue reading General Hospital
Seeing much better now
I feel sorry for Jared, my optometrist. I went in there this morning with a whole list of things I needed for my problematic eyes. It took me almost 20 minutes of complex narrative, complete with subordinate clauses and multiple parentheticals, to lay out all the potential options: continue with bifocal contacts or switch to … Continue reading Seeing much better now
Cleanse: Day 3
Still feeling all sattvic and sweet. But smoothies are a cold thing to eat at night in this weather, which is why most people do these detoxes in the spring. But I need to do it when I'm motivated to do it, when I can be quiet and turn inward, when I can rest and … Continue reading Cleanse: Day 3
Cleanse: Day 2
Went to Ithaca on Saturday to shop for the Cleanse. I decided not to wait till February as I had originally planned, because after almost a week without sugar, caffeine and alcohol I felt more than ready. Started shopping for all the permitted foods at Wegmans and finished at Green Star. Bought every vegetable in … Continue reading Cleanse: Day 2
A Slow Day, with snow
A little fresh snow, light and fluffy, is a joy on a winter day. We got a few inches overnight, and then a little more during the day. I am slow these past days with no caffeine to jolt me, no wine to mellow me out, no sugar to jazz me. There is something rather … Continue reading A Slow Day, with snow
A Little Sun? Please?
So, first, here's the progress on the puzzle as of yesterday: And the other happiness of the day was that I got back into the writing groove. I am safeguarding the hours between 9 and 11 A.M. everyday to write, and I feel really good about that. But 3 days ago I gave up caffeine … Continue reading A Little Sun? Please?
Clean
I just finished reading Clean by Alejandro Junger and I now I am all fired up to do a detox. I want to see what will happen. I wonder how I will feel after 21 days of eating nothing but liquified kale? (That is a complete misrepresentation of the cleanse diet, but kale IS a … Continue reading Clean
Puzzle 2010
You know how when you take down the tree, there is this void, this emptiness? Well, to mitigate this emptiness, to fill it with something amusing (if not piney and sparkly) I do a big jigsaw puzzle every year. Here's this year's puzzle: And here is the progress of 2 days: As I'm working I … Continue reading Puzzle 2010
Excitements
This is the juicy time, the time of the blank calendar, the time of endless possibilities, the time to state, in no uncertain terms, what I want. I'm a resolution maker, but this year I am changing the word "resolution" to "excitement." I am not asking, "What do I want in the coming year?" but … Continue reading Excitements
Inspiration Location 