Anyone who has followed this column has probably read one or two of my rants on veganism. Most of these stem from my staunch resistance to being restricted from eating anything I choose. However, in light of some recent health issues and the heart gripping fact that I am not ...
Part 28: Now I’ve done it. I realize that my bad eating habits are largely crimes of opportunity. Clandestine liaisons with the crappiest of cookies, the furtive shoveling of forkfuls of luscious desserts into my mouth thinking that they can’t really be that bad and the pre-emptive defensive looks I ...
Former U.S. Congressman Marvin Esch of Ann Arbor has died. He was 82. A Republican, Esch served in the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Ann Arbor and southeastern Michigan through 1976. That year, he ...
The other day, I changed my gchat status to, “Am now officially girl who sits at desk eating baby carrots.” Because honestly, keeping up the low-calorie eating throughout the days that I am stuck to my desk is difficult. I like to have something to chew on while I consider, ...
Nine-and-a-half months ago - and 58 blog entries ago - I wrote that the school year would be a sprint, that I would begin running when the first bell rang. Today is my last day of final exams, the last day I’ll see students. The sprint has come to an ...
*Note: There is a slight schedule change. New installments of “Curvy Girl” will now come out every other Wednesday. Recently, I’ve had a revelation of sorts. When I lived in Chicago (2000-2005), there was a period toward the end of my time there when I got incredibly skinny, skinnier than ...
When I was younger, I never thought that the phrase, “Wow, my boots feel a little looser” would be a cause for celebration. Apparently the younger me had a different definition of victory.
Part 24: Shimmy shimmy, burn burn. Anyone who knows me or has seen me uncontrollably yawning during an elevator ride at noon can tell you that I am not even marginally a morning person. However lately, after only two and a half years of practice, I am finally really getting ...
As Myrtle always tells me, “You have to take your measurements and weigh yourself to see if you’re losing weight. You can’t just rely on whether or not your clothes fit looser when they just came out of the dryer.” She’s right. I know it. But the thought of actually ...
Part Twenty-one All right, let’s start with this headline: "Caught eating ice cream...but still losing weight?” Now, some people might say (maybe even those who see me in my day-to-day life), “Homegirl has clearly lost her mind. She’s not losing weight, she’s losing touch with reality.” They might say, “If ...
Part Twenty: Bellydancing in a bowling alley...again. *Note - the following is to the best of my recollection and yes, I am aware that I sound like a very articulate 4 year old in this story :) There’s a decent chance that if the hafla weren’t in a bowling alley ...
Part Nineteen: “Serve It Forth.” Preach on sister. One of the last books I bought from the Shaman Drum bookstore when it was still open was a copy of M.F.K. Fisher’s Serve It Forth. I had come across Fisher not through my passion for food, books or history, but rather ...
Well, if you’re anything like me, you spent most of your weekend avoiding work and getting drawn in against your will to a horrid interpretation of the Robin Hood fable from the BBC because it has the instant play option on Netflix and because the actor who plays Guy of ...
Part Seventeen: Self-Imposed Veganism is Killing Me *Disclaimer - this is only my opinion and is based solely on what works for me. I have great respect for you, veganism, but we need to talk. I think we should both just call this what it was: a fling. A stupid ...
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