As y’all may or may not know, I recently spent six weeks away from home, caring for my niece post-brain surgery. It was one of the most stressful things I’ve ever done in my life. Not the most stressful, but up in the top five. To start with, I was chronically sleep-deprived. She started out […]
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I recently listened to a podcast on productivity. https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-cal-newport-how-to-enhance-focus-and-improve-productivity I’ve had people tell me more than once that I must have a doppelganger or a clone in order to do all the things that I do, to be as productive as I am. It wasn’t until I listened to this podcast that I realized why.
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I’ve now had the YAG laser procedure done in both eyes. OMG, I can see again! This morning, I was able to decrease the zoom on my Word document and could still make out the text. Almost all the glare is gone out of the second eye—it took a few days for the first eye,
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Last week I reached the one-year anniversary since my last menstruation period. This means I am officially out of perimenopause and into actual menopause. YAY! I went into perimenopause when I was thirty-nine. Twenty-three years ago. Ouch. My doctor at the time told me that it was impossible for me to be in perimenopause because
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One year ago, I had cataract surgery. I had gone from being diagnosed with cataracts to being unable to see a screen thirty percent of the time over the course of nine months. At first, the new lenses were wonderful. Well, kind of. I still had issues with glare that just weren’t going away. Daytime
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I had amazing food while we were in Mexico. I did not try to follow my carnivore diet while I was there. I wanted to experience all the things. My husband and I joked about trying to get all the squares to make bingo, in terms of eating at different types of establishments. For example,
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Essay – On Travel I started this Patreon with the idea that I’d be doing a lot of traveling, and I wanted to invite y’all to come with me. Then the pandemic happened, and I stopped traveling. I’m going to Mexico this week. I’m actually writing and scheduling this to post while I’m gone. I
As you may or may not know, I’ve had a lot (A LOT) of stress recently. So many, many stressy things. In addition to that, I’ve injured myself more than once recently, so I haven’t been able to walk or exercise, which is one of the ways I deal with stress. The good news is that there’s
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Every year, generally for the first essay of the year, I do a piece about my hydroponics system. I purposefully delayed the essay this year because it’s going to be a bit different. This is probably the last time I’m doing an essay about all the hydroponic plants because they’re all going away. By the
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When I first started writing the essay that ended up being about brisket (https://www.leahcutter.com/2023/11/essay-all-about-brisket/) my initial intent had been to talk about all the different types of meat that I’d been cooking. That would have included all the special items that I’ve made. However, the brisket essay turned out to be long enough just on
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