SAD and Perfect Granola

Seasonal Affective Disorder is this hilarious game you play with your eyeballs and your brain from December to February. You will always lose the game. Eventually you will be completely dead inside and only motivated to get off the couch by money. After 20 years of trying and failing, I have finally perfected homemade granola.Continue reading “SAD and Perfect Granola”

Sick Days

There is a certain amount of guilt that accompanies taking a sick day. People who are not chronically ill don’t take time off for fatigue. People who are not chronically ill don’t have the innate sense that the return of tell-tale symptoms require rest and self care. Alas, I am chronically ill, and my bodyContinue reading “Sick Days”

But I Like Meat.

What’s the big deal with meat, anyway? Animals breathe in heavy metals from industrial pollution and eat plants covered in pesticides. These chemicals accumulate in their flesh and consumed by people. Meat is bad for the environment and speeds climate change. The meat industry heavily relies on fossil fuels. The beef industry requires land forContinue reading “But I Like Meat.”

Pain Flares

Until I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, pain always had a purpose. Something hurt because I smashed, cut, burned, bruised, or otherwise maimed myself. Then came a new chapter of my life: mysterious pain flares. Inflammatory and Auto-Immune diseases are unique in their ability to inflict random pain on their unwitting victims. Example: I justContinue reading “Pain Flares”

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