humor

Fully-qualified human beings

by Isy
February 17, 2025
critical thinking, Dept. of Blith. Obv., humor, mortality, perspective, realpolitik, satire

When I was working in the software industry, the term “fully-qualified” entered my world in a marvelously exact way. The specific programmatic terminology here is… Read More »Fully-qualified human beings

Another chance to get it right

by Isy
January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
activity, adaptation, basics, critical thinking, Dept. of Blith. Obv., humor, imp-possible, moving/traveling, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, realpolitik, what works

I’ve been chewing over something for awhile and recently realized that it might be time to apply that much mercy to myself. It’s a more… Read More »Another chance to get it right

The times, they are a-changing

by Isy
December 27, 2024December 27, 2024
activity, ANS and fight-or-flight, care team, critical thinking, Dept. of Blith. Obv., humor, imp-possible, marathon, moving/traveling, nature, nutrition, perspective, politics, radical presence/radical acceptance, realpolitik, survival

Without descending into the morass of modern U. S. history and politics, let’s just say that I’d like the first months – up to half… Read More »The times, they are a-changing

Tough gift, but a good one

by Isy
December 8, 2024December 8, 2024
adaptation, ANS and fight-or-flight, brain care, critical thinking, humor, imp-possible, legislation, moving/traveling, perspective, politics, radical presence/radical acceptance, realpolitik, self-care

American Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday in November. I had a gift that day – a difficult one, but I’ve been unwrapping it and wondering… Read More »Tough gift, but a good one

3rd panel of triptych: The action of deciding

by Isy
March 11, 2019March 11, 2019
adaptation, ANS and fight-or-flight, basics, brain care, critical thinking, home-hunt, humor, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, reiki/meditation, self-care

This is the third panel of the triptych. It took awhile to write. You’ll see why soon. First panel: my pre-CRPS decision mechanism broke, but… Read More »3rd panel of triptych: The action of deciding

Controlling my descent

by Isy
November 25, 2018
3 Comments
activity, adaptation, basics, CRPS knock-on effects, humor, imp-possible, loved ones

Admittedly, this might be one of those posts that I think is wonderfully uplifting and informative and positive and yadda yadda, and normal people have… Read More »Controlling my descent

Getting held up by New York

by Isy
August 20, 2017February 13, 2021
activity, bugging out, CRPS knock-on effects, humor, imp-possible, loved ones, moving/traveling, radical presence/radical acceptance, tips on traveling with pain, travelogue

I’m working on a novelette about the meningitis madness of last month. Until I get it done, let me entertain you with another tale of… Read More »Getting held up by New York

When the electricity goes out.. I purr

by Isy
January 17, 2016January 17, 2016
brain care, humor, kitten, loved ones, perspective

The power went out last night. I’m used to it. I grew up in places where electric outages were common. We’d just get on with… Read More »When the electricity goes out.. I purr

Autobiographita

by Isy
May 13, 2015
3 Comments
critical thinking, humor, imp-possible, insur-dance, loved ones, moving/traveling, perspective, self-care

I heard from a lovely friend of my youth, who wanted to know what I’ve been doing since Egypt. I tried to tell her. I… Read More »Autobiographita

Oh look! I’ve adapted!

by Isy
April 15, 2015February 6, 2016
1 Comment
adaptation, basics, brain care, CRPS knock-on effects, humor, imp-possible, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance

I used to be punctual, meaning, 3-10 minutes early. I used to be relentlessly diligent. I used to be cast-iron reliable. (I worked hard to… Read More »Oh look! I’ve adapted!