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I've been a champ at #InboxZero at work for some time. It's unusual for me not to get my entire inbox emptied by the end of the week, if not sooner. My personal email is a whole other thing and i'm spending a really lovely Saturday outside with my laptop, cleaning out Google Inbox. This …
In my case, they have me getting up every hour to put drops in them. Over the weekend it was every two hours. I spent two days in a dark room, listening to audiobooks, in hopes it would help kick this thing to use my eyes as little as possible. That didn't work. I did, …
Actually, it's not in my eye anymore. After almost two weeks of travel, I'm back in the blustery western plains. My eye was red, angry and sensitive enough to light that walking outside felt like someone stabbing me in the face. I went to the ER, where some things were flushed out of my eye …
So there have been plenty of things, some books, and then other things. I'm not quite done listening to the latest Salman Rushdie as a deer very inconsiderately ran into my car and derailed my listening. Things I've read/finished in the last month: Still Alice- I haven't seen the film but the novel is as …
This week I finished: The Girl on the Train- I know I've heard a lot of people saying that the ending is problematic. While I can't say I didn't see it coming, I suppose the ending is only a real problem if you're actually comparing it to Gone Girl. Honestly, except that there is a …
I finished The Emperor of All Maladies. I began it before I knew my mother's breast cancer had returned and finished it while she recovered from her mastectomies. It's compelling, if you've got experience with cancer, and equal parts disappointing and inspiring. Disappointing at how much has not changed since the 1800s and inspiring because …
My husband and I had a cross-country date last night with The Martian: 3D. More than a year ago, he told me he thought I might like the book. He was listening to the audio, so I picked up the kindle version. Fast forward to me recommending that book to literally EVERYONE, including pepole who …
