Medium: Sugar/Overeating Addiction Recovery Story #25, Pussy Willow

 Go Ahead, Take the Cake

good nite, :)

Lost It, Vanished into Thin Air

I spent about five hours total yesterday and today writing an essay and then, when I meant to cut out an image and caption, I cut the entire text. Then on reflex, I clicked save, so it saved the truncated version. I could not undo the changes.

Frustrating. Very.

But it’s Sunday and I’m not going to reinvent the wheel now.

I remember the basic construction and I still have two saved images.

Back to it tomorrow.

Good night.

The Pandemic Party That Wasn’t (Story on Medium)

https://alicegarbarinihurley.medium.com/the-pandemic-party-that-wasnt-cd3e4a3f93f1

I got up at 8:15 a.m. today, when Sugar woofed to go out, and have spent almost five hours?! writing this essay and adding the Instagram photos, so I think this will be my writing for today.

Enjoy your day.

Article Archive: My Sleep Apnea/CPAP Essay

Nora Ephron famously said, What's bad in life is good on paper. Meaning, of course, that rough turns can make compelling stories--and that readers/movie goers can probably relate. Her mother, Phoebe, a screenwriter, often told her young daughter, Everything is copy.

This essay isn't on paper, but it is copy. Stories don't have to be typed on paper anymore--my first editor, at Woman's Day Magazine, used to say things like Run it through the typewriter one more time. Now words flow into the world via clicks on a computer keyboard. And you can access them anywhere, from an airplane, the beach, your backyard.

My story is in the widely read "The Girlfriend" newsletter.

I hope you enjoy this ESSAY about the CPAP machine that I despise with all my heart.

Happy Friday evening.

WRITING Sugar: A Love Story

I'm proud of this essay I was assigned to write for AARP.org. I know 
many of you 
[Eileen, Kim, Nan, thank you!] have already seen 
the link on my Facebook page, 
but I'm sharing here for my writing archives, too.

SUGAR: A LOVE STORY
One writer documents her personal break-up with sugar, made especially difficult because some of her best memories are made of sweet stuff.
https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2018/quitting-sugar-health-benefits-fd.html

Good night, sweet dreams.

TCOY

1. I moved my body again today, two loops up the hilly block with Sug.
2. Ate half a baked apple.
3. Had a healthy breakfast that did power me through my work morning: a lot of baby spinach sautéed in a little olive oil with one egg; some nice wide Parmigiana shavings melted on top. Enjoyed with hot sauce and freshly ground black pepper and two pieces of good grain bread with Irish butter.