Over the years, I've written about my bouts of insomnia. They tend to come and go (thank goodness) and normally are a result of my overactive brain. A couple years age I was at a cookie exchange party and the conversation changed to insomnia. Two women there swore by taking a well known mineral supplement… Continue reading Placebo Effect
Category: Brains are Weird!
No computer will ever be able to perfectly mimic the human brain. It can do astonishing (and confusing) things!
Un-Met Expectations
Knowing how much I love books, a fabulous woman recently offered me her back issues of the London Review of Books. I was so excited! I sat down with them and got comfortable. The first article I read was about a biography of Lucian Freud, one of my favorite painters. I only made it half way… Continue reading Un-Met Expectations
Creativity Re-Explored
I have had a change of thought about creativity. While somewhere at the essence of my being I still feel really uncomfortable when people describe something I've done as "creative," I have decided to embrace all compliments and fake it until I make it. What started all of this was doing yet another activity in… Continue reading Creativity Re-Explored
Plastics
When you first think of plastic bags, what do you think of? For me, it is not the pollution issue or their threat to animals (although now you probably are thinking of those!). My mind first takes me to American Beauty. The beauty of the piece of "trash" caught in the wind and the… Continue reading Plastics
Counting Sheep
Has the counting sheep technique ever worked for anyone? Maybe it is because my brain is all over the place, but I can't do it. I don't mean I can't fall asleep. I mean I can't count sheep in my mind. I was in high school the very first time I tried. I was laying… Continue reading Counting Sheep
Squirrel
During my recent bout of writing to deadline, there were times when I'd sit down and say, "Write," and I would! It was amazing. Other times my brain would start bouncing off the walls and refusing to settle on any topic. As you have probably guessed from my blog, I'm not one for meditating. My… Continue reading Squirrel
Subtle Silence
I stopped cold in the middle of the shopping aisle. Something was wrong, but what? At first the silence in my mind was so subtle that I couldn't grasp its significance. Then it dawned on me: The recitation of my shopping list that had been playing on a continual loop in my mind ever since… Continue reading Subtle Silence
Not a Drop
Anyone who has ever read this blog more than once knows that I'm a planner. I have blog posts already scheduled out for months ahead. That is not to say that the calendar is full: I simply have certain blogs that are date specific or are spread out so I don't cover the same topic… Continue reading Not a Drop
2 A.M.
I have lost a skill I have had for 41 years: falling back to sleep. Something wakes me up, normally a feline or simply seeking a more comfortable position, and my mind is off to the races, dragging my oh-so-tired body along for the ride. As I lay there trying to convince my brain that… Continue reading 2 A.M.
Mind Reading
Somehow the other day, I got to thinking about Mel Gibson. Not the Mel Gibson of the anti-Semitic slurs, but the young Mel Gibson who showed his bare butt in every film. That version of Mel Gibson I loved (and not just for his body) ... until I watched What Women Want. It didn't live… Continue reading Mind Reading
Grown Up, Now What? 