Chicana on the Edge

Mentioning the unmentionable since 2004

Boycott Amazon

It’s time to push against the direction business-as-usual is going in these days.

Ready or Not to Die

When my depression is bad, I feel ready.

Wars of the Buttercream Roses

Wars of the Buttercream Roses

Well, the McCombs Candida Plan is effectively over. The last part of it is that I'm supposed to stay off dairy products until Feb. 21st, but actually I’m eating whatever I want at this point and it's not good. Since Juldmort my anxiety level gradually lessened until...

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Releasing Another Layer (Cake)

Releasing Another Layer (Cake)

Previous post on this topic: McCombs Candida Plan Day 53 I've been on the 16-week (112-day) McCombs Candida Plan for 71 days and yesterday I completely rebelled by buying a Pepperidge Farm frozen cake and trying to eat it (after thawing it, of course). But a strange...

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Know about publishing?

Know about publishing?

In autumn 2012 I had had such a bizarre and frustrating experience of dog ownership that I used National Novel Writing Month to draft a memoir of what I'd been through the previous year with a pitbull mix mutt named Ozzie. Since then my manuscript has evolved to...

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McCombs Candida Plan: Day 53

McCombs Candida Plan: Day 53

Previous post on this topic: McCombs Candida Plan: Day 29 Read about this adventure from the beginning. Yes, I'm still on Dr. Jeffrey McCombs' Candida Plan, taking McComb’s supplements, drinking four quarts of water a day, taking sweat baths, and eating only animal...

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Christmas 2020

Christmas 2020

I hate this month. I hate it like a dumped ex-lover who's still completely in love Like I hate desserts when I'm on a diet Like I hate everyone who was invited to the party when I wasn't. I hate this month with its mock social calendar of virtual events That I fake my...

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Christmas Indifference

Christmas Indifference

This Coronavirus Year 2020 has taught me a few things I never wanted to know. The latest one is what it's like to be a person who doesn't look forward to Christmas. This is a very eye-opening experience because into my 50s Christmas has been as much my favorite thing...

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Holiday Loneliness

Holiday Loneliness

In the post I finished an hour ago, I said that being able to add some foods back to my diet on Dec. 27th (while I'm on the McCombs Candida Plan) is another reason to wish December away as quickly as possible. December has always been my favorite month of all. Why do...

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McCombs Candida Plan: Day 29

McCombs Candida Plan: Day 29

Previous post on this topic: McCombs Candida Plan: Day 15 I'm at four weeks on Dr. Jeffrey McCombs' Candida Plan, which I'm doing to rid my body of an overgrowth of fungal candida albicans. That's four weeks of taking McComb's supplements, drinking massive amounts of...

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