Monthly Archives: August 2010
What a difference a week makes
I have been back in the US and back living with my parents for almost a week, and although I suspected it would be difficult, I am a little thrown at how unmoored I feel after just this small amount of time … Continue reading
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Going home again
In exactly one week, I will be living with my parents for the first time in 13 years. It is meant to be a temporary situation – a stop-gap place to stay while I look for a job and then … Continue reading
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Pikku Nälkä, or hunger personified
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been living in Europe for the past year. (I’m not naming the country so it can’t be Googled, but if you’re familiar with the language, you’ll recognize it from this post.) I have found it … Continue reading
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You’re not the boss of me
Yesterday was a bit of a landmark for me: I finished the last session of the Learn to Eat program with Michelle (aka, The Fat Nutritionist). I don’t want this post to come across as a commercial, but I can’t … Continue reading
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Violence without lifting a finger
This is another piece that I wrote a long time ago, but I wanted to re-post it as an illustration of what it’s like to live in an abusive relationship – I am not sure I could fully capture these … Continue reading
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Asking for it
I feel like I end up writing some kind of definitive conclusion at the end of my posts: I used to think that, now I think this, and the lessons have been learned, thank you very much. But I want … Continue reading
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