Are You Depressed? Good For You!
I realize that everyone from teachers to ministers to physicians to psychiatrists to the woman behind the counter at CVS believes that depression is something bad… something to be avoided and prevented and subdued at all costs. Many clients come … Continue reading
I’m Not Listening!
Recently I found myself truly enjoying my most recent acquisition. It’s a scooter (the kickable kind like when we were kids) that I bought while visiting my 5 year-old nephew so I could go everywhere with him… well, trail behind … Continue reading
Was the Drug You’re Taking Tested in Latvia?
Now this might be a question you’ve never considered, but where exactly was the pharmaceutical that you are taking every day, tested? You’re probably assuming that some well-paid volunteers in a leafy suburb of Chicago stepped up to test your … Continue reading
Can Your Blood Test Lie?
One of the reasons that doctors always look at blood tests is because the blood cannot lie about the health of your body. And just like me, you can avoid lying but not entirely tell the truth. You can show … Continue reading
Are We Becoming the Borg?
Now I have to tell you that I loved Star Trek: The Next Generation and besides the episode where Worf’s ex-girlfriend shows up in a metal coffin thing ( I LOVED her!), I really liked the Borg episodes because they … Continue reading
Kapalwhat?
So my friend Gargi is a world-class yoga practitioner. I mean she not only knows all the positions and all the names, but she speaks Hindi and Sanskrit like a native because she is (Indian of course!)! Now of all … Continue reading
Cause of Death: Loneliness
My friend Melanie shares her home with her mother, her sister, sometimes her brother and a lovely cat that has to be 20 years old if she’s a day. Up the street a few houses lives her aunt and uncle. … Continue reading
You Can’t Just Use ANY Vanilla!
So I’m back visiting my friend Karen, the kitchen wonder, and I have to tell you that vanilla has become my new best friend. So there is this company, in Boston no less, that imports spices and they carry five, … Continue reading
Does Being Healthy Mean You Never Get Sick?
Every time my family comes to visit from Switzerland, they get sick. Generally they are already looking like death warmed over when they exit customs, but I always try to assume that’s just from the plane food, and not that … Continue reading
Why Does Food Shopping Have to Be a Test?
Do you remember those tests back in school… either the IOWA test (if you’re old like me) or the NATS (if you’re younger than me) or the MCATS (if you’re only old enough to be my child)? Those tests always … Continue reading