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May.31.2011
May 31
Black & Dedication
The brand of equipment endorsed by my Higher Power is built so that my hand is clasped inside lest I feel alone or unaided. A closed mouth and an open mind work very well when I can manage either of them and Step 10 works when...
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Apr.20.2011
By ANASTASIA ASHMAN
What comes after cultural disenfranchisement? After Expat Harem, the book? After expat+HAREM, the community site? I chart the evolution of my own global niche, along with expat+HAREM's spin-off project: Globalniche.net.
When I moved to Turkey in 2003, the plan was to write a...
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Apr.02.2011
April 2
Clock and Calendar Girl
I depend on the count and measure of time to get me through. The swing of the pendulum carries me from moment to moment and the divisions between days are like the rungs on a ladder; I climb from month to month and age to age. When I...
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Oct.19.2010
October 19
Earl Grey is not my Friend
Scabby knees is what I look for; I need to be with those who climb, not those who slide. I hate to say it, but looking cool and sitting on the sidelines does nothing for me or my sobriety. I have to build those calluses,...
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May.31.2010
May 31
Black & Dedication
The brand of equipment endorsed by my Higher Power is built so that my hand is clasped inside lest I feel alone or unaided. A closed mouth and an open mind work very well when I can manage either of them and Step 10 works when...
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May.05.2010
May 5
With and Without
With my sponsor- Without my drinking buddies
With my Big Book- Without my contrived dogma
With my home group- Without my dysfunctional family
With my step work- Without my mental masturbation
With my sobriety- Without my insanity
With all this I can live...
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May.03.2010
May 3
Van and I
(Happy cleaning windows)
When the fog clears and I still can’t see, I check my optics and wash my windows. The mundane upkeep hones my pursuit. After the weather and housekeeping concerns are managed, eye exercises are next on the agenda. I have to strengthen my equipment,...
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Apr.08.2010
A while back, I read an article about the rituals of creative people. It said that some of us can only work in specific places, at specific times, with specific equipment... and, in some cases, wearing specific kinds of clothing. I thought to myself at the time that I didn't have any rituals... I...
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Apr.02.2010
April 2
Clock and Calendar Girl
I depend on the count and measure of time to get me through. The swing of the pendulum carries me from moment to moment and the divisions between days are like the rungs on a ladder; I climb from month to month and age to age. When I hold my breath I count...
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Feb.15.2010
I’m someone who has always had intentions and usually an overall plan. My biography is that of a person for whom life sometimes went exactly according to plan, sometimes provided a variation on the plan, and fairly often delivered paths and outcomes so far distant from the plan that they took my...
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