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Book Review | Glass Half Question by Dan Schuck
This next book review follow ups my last post (Thoughts | Spade, Bourdain, and Why We Need to Talk About This) about the importance of having more candid conversations about mental health. “Glass Half Question” by Dan Schuck is a “children’s book for grown-ups.” It is a story Dan began telling himself as a young […]
MoreBook Review | Single Girl Problems by Andrea Bain
What do you call a single guy? A bachelor, right? How about a single girl? Pathetic? Desperate? Spinster? Loser? In her new book, Single Girl Problems: Why Being Single Isn’t a Problem to be Solved, author and co-host of CBC’s daytime talk show The Goods, Andrea Bain, celebrates the single gal and everything she offers to […]
MoreBook Review | The Ivy Now by Fernando Peire
A good dining experience is very much like a night out at the theater. There’s an opening act, the starter or appetizer. Then there’s dramatic tension, the meat of the play if you will, the entree. Finally, everything wraps up with a sweet culmination, a dessert or cordial. Amidst all of this there is music […]
MoreBook Review | The IBS Elimination Diet and Cookbook by Patsy Catsos
I’ve been dealing with IBS symptoms on and on again (I’ve never really had an “off” period) for the last several years. My reactions are sensitive enough that I get sick even from small amounts of food that I know irritate my stomach (e.g. skins on fruits and many vegetables, seeds, nuts, the list goes […]
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