Chicana on the Edge

Mentioning the unmentionable since 2004

Glimpse of Another World

Spend time with people who are far outside your usual life.

Punished by Spanish

Shame and language don’t mix.

Daylight Saving Time Hack

Hate losing that hour every spring? Check out my experiment.

The Science-Defying, Middle-Aged Female Body!

The Science-Defying, Middle-Aged Female Body!

Previous post on food & weight: Hurdle I'm still fat, but in this photo I'm wearing pants that one of my neighbors shrank in a dryer a couple of years ago. I couldn't begin to squeeze into them for a long time, but now they fit just fine! Last April is when I...

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Broke Up with Amazon.com

Broke Up with Amazon.com

Hey, since I stopped buying things on Amazon.com I've reduced my spending and started getting out of my apartment more. I didn't foresee that not getting things from that website would cause me to get more exercise, but duh: if I have to leave my home and go to a...

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Hurdle

Hurdle

I'm in my first real test since my three-day fast. Yesterday I felt depression symptoms coming on, possibly because of prolonged lack of sleep (I'm working with my health practitioner to fix this problem). In the afternoon I badly wanted a nap, but had to keep going....

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Supporting the Spleen

Supporting the Spleen

Previous post on food and weight: No sugar cravings. Apparently each type of cell has its own life cycle with certain kinds cells lasting a few days (colon, sperm) and others lasting weeks (skin), months (red blood) or years (white blood). This means the body is...

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Off-Line Shopping

Off-Line Shopping

Newly severed from Amazon.com, I actually left my apartment and went out to shop on Black Friday. It had been years since I'd done that. Physically, it was as vaguely uncomfortable as I remembered, but I am a woman in her 50's and it felt right to join my peers....

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Breaking Up with Amazon.com

Breaking Up with Amazon.com

I have dearly loved Amazon.com. My relationship with it began in 2002 when I ordered John Lithgow's CD, Singin' in the Bathtub. A few books and CDs were the only items I got from Amazon.com for years, but since 2012, I've been a happy Amazon Prime member who has spent...

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Latina Equal Pay Day – 20 Nov 2019

Latina Equal Pay Day – 20 Nov 2019

November 20th, 2019 marks the unfairness of the pay gap and how far into 2019 it takes a Latina to make what a white, non-Hispanic male earned in 2018. There are pay gaps between white non-Latino men and women of all backgrounds, but of all women in the U.S. Latinas...

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I Still Hate Walter White

I Still Hate Walter White

[Full of Breaking Bad spoilers, but no El Camino spoilers since I haven't seen it yet.] Before I watch Netflix's El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, I'm re-watching the Breaking Bad TV series that aired on the AMC channel between 2008 and 2013.  (I have to brag that I...

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Birth…Pain…Death

Birth…Pain…Death

Talked to my therapist last night and reviewed that people's main response to danger is to go into a state of shock because shock reduces pain. Whether it's physical pain or the emotional pain of being yelled at by a boss or fearing an important relationship is about...

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Good Ol’ Brown Paper Bags

Good Ol’ Brown Paper Bags

The Jansport guarantee is that if your backpack ever breaks or malfunctions, you can send it in for them to repair or replace. I bought my rolling backpack five years ago and one of the wheels has stopped turning. Apparently the ball bearings "are shot," whatever that...

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