Just completed: Three Dog LIfe  (Abigail Thomas)

This reviewer said it well: “Abigail Thomas navigates a life redefined by ambiguous loss-a beloved husband who ‘is there and not there.’  She makes sense of mangled senses where a new logic is encoded; she lets mystery stand where translation is not possible." ~ Amy Hempel

I liked the way she dealt ( Read more... )

When someone who has been falling apart has a day or two of near-sanity, or even a step up the hypomanic scale, not knowing why he sounds better allows you a feeling of hope, of possibilities. Perhaps this time the meds have done their job. Perhaps he will be able to move on and get back to reclaiming some kind of life for himself ( Read more... )

A small-town church in Minnesota gets a restraining order against a 13-year old autistic boy's family.

A typical sampling of commentary from the general public here: everything from 'this is despicable' to 'what would Jesus do" (implying not what the church did) to 'the paster had a moral and legal responsibility to protect the congregation.'

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Buddhist teachings would have us be mindful of the moment, and I like that philosophy -- to a degree. Letting go of troubles and worries -- most of which have something to do with the past and the future -- is a healthy, even liberating thing to do.

And at this particular moment, eating a diet-safe sugar-free banana-and-hot-fudge pudding cup,  ( Read more... )

Interesting, although the questions were clearly written by an Aspie. 
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php


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But in the end, all you have are a few dead flies.

Today I get to advocate for my special-needs son. Again. Don't get me wrong: he also has special abilities. No, that's not just a parent defending her disabled child. Along with the wonders of Asperger's, Tourette's, ADHD, OCD, GAD or whatever the diagnoses of the month are, he bears the burden of ( Read more... )