It’s been four days since I split from the ever-lovin’, everlasting sunshine of Southern California to the decidedly cloudier, grayer skies of Portland, and on this fourth day, which Nature chose to fill with uncharacteristic amounts of bright and cheery sunlight, I find my mood has shifted dramatically for the better. Uh-oh. I harbor these [...]
depression
Anyone who’s read my newsletter, spent more than 10 minutes in semi-meaningful conversation with me or seen the shame that is my bookshelves knows I have a predilection for the self-help aisle. I fought it for years, in no small part because I saw my mother devour book after best-selling book even as her alcohol [...]
The stack of books I was just over halfway through reading when I realized there might be something wrong with me: Fat Girl, by Judith Moore Night, by Elie Wiesel Bait & Switch, by Barbara Ehrenreich The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion xxx c Image by TimCummins via Flickr, used under a Creative [...]
