Author Archives: Kathy

Accompaniments to Cooking

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Kathy

I imagine I’m not the only one to put on my favorite music while I’m cooking. Then there are some pieces that are special to this season. Our regular Christmas cd’s are satisfactory accompaniment, except John’s Slovenian Christmas album. And he’s … Continue reading →

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The Gender/Cookie Theory

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Kathy

During this cookie season, my husband’s theory always comes up. To wit: women prefer crispy cookies, while men prefer chewy, soft ones. At a holiday party the other day, a lady fell into the appropriate demographic. When I offered her … Continue reading →

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Gridlock

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Kathy

Yesterday we had a big snowstorm here in Cleveland. My drive home from work – normally about half an hour — took five hours. That’s right. Five hours. 2:30 to 7:30. Broad daylight to darkness. Along about the three-hour mark, … Continue reading →

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Thankfulness

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Kathy

I’m grateful for all the usual things. I’m lucky not to have to worry about clean water, cholera, mudslides, gang violence, political oppression, an adequate diet, and so on and on. Middle-class Americans are set apart from so much of … Continue reading →

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Helping, Once Again

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Kathy

For people with BPD, the glass is never half-full and rarely even half-empty: it seems there has never been anything in that glass, ever. I remember suggesting to my mom a few times that we were a lucky family, compared to … Continue reading →

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Helping Someone with BPD

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Kathy

This morning I watched Dani’s video blog on borderline personality disorder and “object constancy,” that is, the difficulty BPD sufferers have with trusting in someone’s love when that person isn’t there. This provided lots of food for thought, but as … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Jonathan Kozol

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Kathy

I saw Waiting for ‘Superman’ today, the much-hyped documentary by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). I was all set to defend the movie to my teacher friends who decry its anti-union sensibility, some of whom won’t even see it … Continue reading →

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Another Day…

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Kathy

…another marvelous CSU story. This morning I went off on a tangent in Latin 201, telling my students I reread Crime and Punishment this summer and making some obscure connection between the Dostoevsky novel and our text, the Cupid and … Continue reading →

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Superwoman Lives

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Kathy

Recently one of my CSU students invited me to sit in as she defended her Masters thesis. (I’ll call her K.) I had helped K. with some Latin translation last semester as part of her research but hadn’t seen her since. … Continue reading →

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“Wounding, Destruction, Despair, Healing, and Love”

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Kathy

Millicent Monks gives new, horrifying meaning to the term “sandwich generation.” Her memoir Songs of Three Islands: A Story of Mental Illness in an Iconic American Family describes being caught between mentally-ill parents and a daughter with borderline personality disorder. … Continue reading →

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