Conspicuous consumption I have a lot of dresses for someone who mostly doesn’t wear them. The owning and holding is something that started about a decade ago, shortly after I returned home from an inpatient eating disorder treatment program. Before that, I had only a few, special occasion dresses in my closet, old faithfuls that I’d haul out for weddings, funerals, and Christmas dinner. It’s … Continue reading I Have Troubles With Dresses
Greed is the future? I’m GenX, and finding big financial success was all the rage when I was at university. Money was on almost everyone’s mind. The commerce faculties were flourishing in the nineties – people had taken all the wrong lessons from the movie, Wall Street – and many of the people I interacted with on campus had big plans to make big bucks. … Continue reading I Don’t Look Ahead – an off-the-cuff joint.
The author reflects on how conversations about the past are triggered by death and midlife, emphasizing the tendency to romanticize the past and resist change in the technological age. They highlight the shift from analogue to digital and acknowledge the benefits of modern conveniences while reminiscing about the slower pace of life. Continue reading Life before the internet: Nostalgia for the analog days.
The week starts on Monday, and the new year starts on September 1. These are my truths, but they’re not everyone’s truths. They’re not even my wall calendar’s truth – I like those to start on Sunday. The Sunday-column-first is the calendar I grew up with and that kind of patterning is hard to change, especially when there’s no real need. It’s not as though … Continue reading The perfect week starts on Monday and rolls easy – an off-the-cuff joint.
From Famine to Feast. 