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Body: in sickness and in health
More recently, illness, pure but not simple, has added itself to the mix in a multi-system sort of way. And the challenges in figuring out exactly what's gone wrong are many. As problems have revealed themselves in the last few years, beginning with reactive hypoglycemia in late 2008, I've documented them here, partly to gain a little clarity on managing complex conditions but mostly to give voice to vulnerabilities I feel but don't normally share with anyone face to face. Better out than in, they say, right? (Oh yes, humor is one way I deal.)
The links below cover the different angles I've examined (and from which I've been examined) within that experience.
Travel: neither here nor there
Since we're no longer in separate places, I blog less often from airports. But we do travel -- together now! -- which is much more fun to write about. So in addition to thoughts on our years of commuting, the links below cover the places we've been as a pair and, in some cases, the adventures that have happened on the way.
Writing: the long and short of it
After graduating, I taught English for a few years and then worked as an editor, which I still do freelance. In 2007, I applied and got into an MFA program at a place I like to call Little U. on the Prairie. I finished my degree in 2011 and have been balancing tutoring and writing on my own ever since.
The following links cover the writing I've done about writing: process, content, obstacles, you name it. It's not always pretty. But some part of me loves it, even when it's hard. And this is the result.
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Why My Fall Made Me Feel So Ashamed11 months ago
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Mantras1 year ago
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Things Fall Apart3 years ago
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#MudpunchKAL20213 years ago
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Your Hard is Hard (The Pandemic Version)4 years ago
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Thank you, and a Look Ahead5 years ago
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A New Chapter9 years ago
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Overnight Research Trip9 years ago
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how to get through a thing10 years ago
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Heart: family and friends
That's what this group of posts is reserved for -- heart. The essential parts of my life whose influences I carry with me, for better or worse. The links below cover what I've written as I've learned how these forces work within me, for me, against me, in spite of me. They anchor me even as they change me, and they keep life interesting.
Recommended reading
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Thesis
- "Writing in My Father's Name: A Diary of Translated Woman's First Year" in Women Writing Culture
- Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
- Darkroom: A Family Exposure
- Do You Remember Me?: A Father, a Daughter, and a Search for the Self
- Five Thousand Days Like This One
- Giving Up the Ghost
- Middlesex
- Simple Recipes
- The Bishop's Daughter
- The Possibility of Everything
- The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics
- Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity
On commuter relationships
- Commuter Marriages: Worth the Strain?
- Dual Career Couples: The Travails of a Commuter Marriage
- I Was in a Commuter Marriage
- Long-Distance Marriages, Better for Business?
- Love on the Road, Not on the Rocks
- Making Marriage Work from a Distance
- Survival Tips for Commuter Couples
- Ten Things Commuter Couples Need to Know
- Till Work Do Us Part
- Two Cities, Two Careers, Too Much?
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
This is my reason
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But at least you wear able to wear the smile on your face for all to see!
- April 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Good Enough Woman said...
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Awwwwwww, that's so great! Three cheers for full-on cohabitation with the spouse!
P.S. You won't *believe* my verification word: it's "dongnest." - April 1, 2010 at 11:15 PM
- This Ro(a)mantic Life said...
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SuziCate -- indeed! I think D was more than a little entertained when I whipped out the camera at breakfast while I was marking the form.
GEW -- I am STILL laughing at your verification word. Man, and I thought I'd gotten some crazily entertaining ones over at your place. (For some reason, of all the blogs I read that have word verification, the funny ones pop up when I'm commenting on your posts and so I keep having to share.) - April 2, 2010 at 12:32 AM
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How great to be able to mark that box with the X. I feel the love from here
xx - April 3, 2010 at 6:40 AM
- This Ro(a)mantic Life said...
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Kristen -- exactly! Don't think I wasn't tempted to graffiti the shot before putting it up here, either :)
FF -- I'm still a little giddy about it! It's been almost a year since I moved back home but filling that form out was like arriving all over again. - April 3, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- hgg said...
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what a great feeling. I doubt I ever get there. and frankly, I'm not entirely sire I want to...
- April 3, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- hgg said...
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sure, dammit, sure.
- April 3, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- This Ro(a)mantic Life said...
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I'll definitely agree that getting there was (and still is?) complicated, hgg. I'd be interested to hear your take on wanting/not wanting to do it, if you want to share!
- April 4, 2010 at 1:36 AM
- Corinne Cunningham said...
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I don't know that I've ever seen anyone ready to use positive exclamation marks on the census :) Yay!
- April 4, 2010 at 7:33 PM
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This is too funny - and like you, I was very grateful to check "No" as well --- considering the alternatives!
- April 4, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- This Ro(a)mantic Life said...
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Corinne -- thanks for visiting! Yes, this census was a milestone for us. I couldn't let it pass without making proper note of it.
Jane -- those alternatives are very convincing, no matter how long or short the commute (in distance or time), no? - April 6, 2010 at 3:23 PM
11 comments:
But at least you wear able to wear the smile on your face for all to see!
Awwwwwww, that's so great! Three cheers for full-on cohabitation with the spouse!
P.S. You won't *believe* my verification word: it's "dongnest."
SuziCate -- indeed! I think D was more than a little entertained when I whipped out the camera at breakfast while I was marking the form.
GEW -- I am STILL laughing at your verification word. Man, and I thought I'd gotten some crazily entertaining ones over at your place. (For some reason, of all the blogs I read that have word verification, the funny ones pop up when I'm commenting on your posts and so I keep having to share.)
How great to be able to mark that box with the X. I feel the love from here
xx
Kristen -- exactly! Don't think I wasn't tempted to graffiti the shot before putting it up here, either :)
FF -- I'm still a little giddy about it! It's been almost a year since I moved back home but filling that form out was like arriving all over again.
what a great feeling. I doubt I ever get there. and frankly, I'm not entirely sire I want to...
sure, dammit, sure.
I'll definitely agree that getting there was (and still is?) complicated, hgg. I'd be interested to hear your take on wanting/not wanting to do it, if you want to share!
I don't know that I've ever seen anyone ready to use positive exclamation marks on the census :) Yay!
This is too funny - and like you, I was very grateful to check "No" as well --- considering the alternatives!
Corinne -- thanks for visiting! Yes, this census was a milestone for us. I couldn't let it pass without making proper note of it.
Jane -- those alternatives are very convincing, no matter how long or short the commute (in distance or time), no?
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