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Read more: Ruby, The Rabbi’s Wife
Ruby, The Rabbi’s Wife
No comments on Ruby, The Rabbi’s WifeBook: Fax me a Bagelby Sharon Kahn. Genre/Category: Amateur detective mostly operating amid her friends and frenemies at her local synagogue. Setup: Fortysomething widow Ruby Rothman is still known as “the Rabbi’s Wife” despite her husband’s death. When Marla, the sister of her nemisis on the synagogue board, is murdered, Ruby’s friend Milt is suspected. Ruby tries to figure out what’s going on – and learns more…
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Read more: Other People’s Comments
Other People’s Comments
My mother was always on the alert in public. She was fat, after all. People could see her. She was braced for their reactions. At Denny’s, nodding at a stylish woman on the other side of the restaurant: “See how that one’s looking superior? She’s watching me.” At Safeway: “No, we’re not buying Pop Tarts!” (sotto voce) “Everyone’s looking in the basket.” At my aunt’s at Christmas,…
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Read more: Importance of Sleep
Importance of Sleep
So far today I have: Woken up with a headache. Repeatedly bumped into the bed while getting dressed. Forgot my yoga bag when leaving for work. Forgot to use my inhaler before going for a walk. I am also feeling generally run down, achey, and lacking in patience/cope. Also in monster need of a nap. Am I sick? No. I didn’t get enough sleep…
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Read more: Yoga Videos & Books I have known
Yoga Videos & Books I have known
I started doing yoga in college with Raquel Welch’s book on yoga.1 Even then I found yoga relaxing and energizing. It also helped me improve my strength & flexibility. Years later I wanted to try yoga again, but, remembering how I’d had no idea how to modify some poses, I looked for something more tailored to my sort of body. I’d read about the video Yoga for…
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Read more: Why I Should Go to Yoga Tonight…
Why I Should Go to Yoga Tonight…
… even though I’m probably going to want to skip it just on general “it’s my Monday I want to go home and collapse already” reasons. More than 1,000 studies have been conducted to determine whether yoga helps people suffering diseases. Here’s a sample from the medical literature: Depression: Patients diagnosed with depression showed significant reductions in anger, anxiety and neurotic symptoms after completing yoga classes, according…
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Read more: Big Fat Pleasures
Big Fat Pleasures
“Sex is fun and pleasure is good for you” – I first read this in a book on relationships and thought that was a great idea … well, in theory at least. Or maybe for other people. I was fat, after all, so sex partners are hard to find, right? And I still wasn’t all that sure I really deserve pleasure. That was over 10 years ago. …
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