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A Thousand Daily Losses and a Lesson in Letting Go

September 3, 2019 By Dawn Leave a Comment

I am falling apart. The disintegration starts internally, with synapses and cells I suppose. But eventually the phenomenon must manifest physically, visibly, externally. To all but me it’s an ineffectual alarm, quiet and cumulative. My hair is falling out. My ponytail is half as thick, and it’s still thinning. When I run my fingers through […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Writer's Life Tagged With: bipolar depression, health

I Can’t Find the Words

March 12, 2019 By Dawn 2 Comments

I hear Jeff come briskly down the hall, not long after he’d gotten up and left me burrowed in the bed. I tense. I know that tempo. It’s more dramatic on workdays, when he has on his boots; this morning, he’s wearing soft soles. Jeff wouldn’t march back to our bedroom with such haste and […]

Filed Under: Writer's Life Tagged With: bipolar depression, health

Insomniacs give new meaning to the phrase “Sleep like the dead”

July 20, 2016 By Dawn Leave a Comment

The killer insomnia cure that slayed me. What could be more relaxing and conducive to a restful night’s sleep than picturing a murderer standing over you ready to pounce at the first sign of movement? There are people who swear by this method of overcoming insomnia. Here’s how it works, according to Deadspin deputy editor […]

Filed Under: Writer's Life Tagged With: health

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Story assembler and serial deadline slayer. Oxford comma convert. (Sorry, Associated Press.) Random likes: cabernet franc, colored Sharpies, Chicago storefront theatre, old-school paper planners, and cats in sunbeams.

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