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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This Virus Fucking Sucks
For single people who live alone with have no family nearby, and who struggle with a mood disorder, being physically isolated for long can be deadly (I'm referring to suicide). When people talk about weighing the risks of interacting with others against the risk of...
Letter to the Editor to the Chicago Tribune
Want to send a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune? If you're not subscribed, don't bother with the website because it throws up ads to subscribe so you can't read anything, even the email address where you'd send a letter to the editor. It took two phone...
McCombs Candida Plan: Day 15
Previous post on this topic: McCombs Candida Plan: Day 7 It's been two weeks that I've been healing my candida albicans problem with Dr. Jeffrey McCombs' Candida Plan and it's going well. I'm still surprised to have had no sugar cravings. I've suffered a little...
Staying Home Gets Harder For Those Who Live Alone
On Thursday the city of Chicago issued an advisory that included not having guests in our homes and it really upset me as someone who lives alone. The general advice is to celebrate holidays with only those in your household. I don't have anyone else in my household,...
McCombs Candida Plan: Day 7
Previous post on this topic: What I Was Eating Before I started the McCombs Plan on Nov. 1, so for this month it'll be easy to remember what day I'm on. Today I didn't spend as much on groceries because I'm eating more eggs and ground beef as my animal proteins. How...
What I Was Eating Before
Previous post on my Candida journey: Going to Kick This F#$%-ing Sugar Problem Before I began the McCombs Plan on Sunday, my grocery shopping looked like this. 27 Sept: cauliflower, oranges, cheese, masala chai tea, bananas, canned tuna, almonds $20.54 4 Oct: eggs,...