Archive for October, 2007
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Blogging my colonoscopy
Okay, everything you’ve heard about having a colonoscopy is right.
It’s not bad.
And it can save your life.
I was a big baby about it, the way I am about a lot of medical stuff I don’t want to think about.
Even the prep, which everyone says is the Very Worst Thing in the Whole World, was […]
13 Comments » - Posted in getting older, real life by sandi
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Help! I’m going to have a colonoscopy!
This is what happens to you when your mom dies of colon cancer: doctors start insisting that you get your own colon looked at.
I’ve tried to explain that I’m not the type for procedures like colonoscopies. I’m sure that I don’t LIKE them, I said. And besides that, I feel just fine, colon-wise. […]
12 Comments » - Posted in baby boomers, real life by sandi
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Writing a memoir
My friend Lynn and I have decided to embark on a new project: giving workshops to help people write their memoirs.
I have taught writing workshops before, but this one already has me jumping up and down in excitement because it’s different. Instead of being for people who already know how to write, we want to invite […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Events, real life, writing by sandi
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
We love google, but does google truly love us?
Okay, it has to be said. I do love google, I RELY on google, I am googling people nearly 58 times a day…and yet, isn’t there something just a little creepy about gmail? (Gmail being, of course, the google email service.)
Here’s what gets me. You’re reading along some hilarious message that somebody wrote to you […]
4 Comments » - Posted in real life by sandi
Friday, October 5th, 2007
So it’s not just at my house…
During my morning drive-by through the Internet, I discovered that scientists have at last turned their attention to figuring out how it is that strings go about getting themselves tangled in knots.
You know. How is it that you can put a silver chain in a jewelry box, close the door, and return in two days […]
4 Comments » - Posted in inanimate objects by sandi
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
The autumn leaves…the golden light
I’ve spent my whole life thinking I loved summer best…and now it turns out that I’m one of those autumn people. Who knew?
When I was growing up in Florida and Southern California, I didn’t make the true distinction between the seasons–not the way I do now, at least. There were some subtle differences, sure, between […]