I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Yours, mine, and the way that we relate to death in general. This is obviously one of those topics that make a lot of people uncomfortable. (Which is to say, it’s one of those topics that tends to make people say and do really stupid things. More [...]
Emma Alvarez Gibson
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Nov 24
I Don’t Know…Ask Emma!
Ooh, look! My very own advice column! Yes, I’m totally serious. It’s a part-time job for me anyway, so I figured I would go public with it. Need advice? Send me your quandary and I’ll address it here. Hi Emma, A few years ago I started sitting with a meditation group and I ended up [...]
Nov 21
Not for the non-addict.
I followed a link today and wound up reading a straight-up, no-bullshit blog post written by someone who is highly intelligent, articulate, and on the very first day of a long, hard journey. I know addiction and its alluring, tantalizing promises. It is one sexy demon. I come from two long lines of addicts, both [...]
Nov 10
My Co-Workers: You, You, and YOU.
A few weeks ago, my friend Stacy put words to something I’d been thinking about for some time. Appropriately, she said it via Twitter: “…twitter is like the watercooler for the self-employed.” Of course! I thought. That’s exactly what it is. Since I am self-employed, I see very few other humans during an average workday, [...]
