When the notebook is new: thoughts about eating disorders.
I have a new notebook for journalling. The timing worked out well; I used the last page of my previous journal on the last day of the month. Such lovely synchronicity. I have a new notebook and that’s an intimidating thing. I’ve already started wrong. I bought a small notebook this time – five by seven. I was seduced by its pretty floral cover but … Continue reading When the notebook is new: thoughts about eating disorders.
What is the soul?
What is the soul? Is the soul you? If you is the soul, how does that work for an aetheist? What is their “you” made of? Is it just random electrical impulses that disperse after death? Which is not actually so different than what I believe happens to the soul, minus the dispersal. Is the soul like gravity, something we don’t really understand but is … Continue reading What is the soul?
If you’re going to lose your temper, stay away from hammers.
Anger is in the news a lot these days. People are feeling it. Politicians are using it as a recruiting tool. News channels are using it for ratings. I’ve written about it myself, discussing how often, anger is a secondary emotion masking something underneath, like pain or shame. We don’t want to deal with the underneath because it’s painful and uncomfortable. Angry is easy. Unfortunately, … Continue reading If you’re going to lose your temper, stay away from hammers.
Encounters with death.
Death keeps coming closer, and I’m finding it hard to maintain my sense of detachment. I don’t like death, for all that it’s an inevitable consequence of living, for all that we’re dying from the moment we arrive here on earth. For all I keep it in reserve as an escape option. We’re marked for death from the moment we arrive; we’re mortal, after all. … Continue reading Encounters with death.
From Famine to Feast 