"It is such a joy," I said expansively to one of my Polish colleagues, "when the pills kick in and I rise up out of a depression." I raised my arms and inhaled with relish. "It's like... it really is like coming back to life, like being me again ( Read more... )

Taking a break from the work of the day, listening to fin de décennie rock,

Far away, away,

Fading distant lights

Leaving us all behind,

Lost in a changing world

And you know,

That these are the days of our lives;

Remember.

lying on my floor, stroking Mischa. He rolls onto his back, stretching out luxuriously and pressing his hind paw up ( Read more... )