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Adjustments

Posted on November 8, 2021 by advicefrommarta

I’ve been seeing a chiropractor for a couple of months now. I have chronic neck and back pain, which was aggravated by my 18 months of a frozen shoulder and my implant. My chiropractor is a gregarious guy, full of … Continue reading →

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Roadside Attraction

Posted on August 8, 2021 by advicefrommarta

On the second to last day of our trip we woke up, as we often do, in a Springhill Suites. This one was near the Buffalo airport. My husband is obsessed with his Mariott points and so, although we both … Continue reading →

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Running out of F***s

Posted on July 10, 2021 by advicefrommarta

A popular narrative of both sickness and getting older is that you reach a point where you start to understand what’s important. You lose patience for the unimportant, and start to pay more attention to what you want. That you … Continue reading →

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People in Stories

Posted on February 11, 2021 by advicefrommarta

When I was a little girl, we lived in Tanzania. I was only four when we went to Tanzania and so the house in Tanzania and the house in Louisville that we lived in before merge together in my memories. … Continue reading →

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Of Deadly Importance

Posted on January 24, 2021 by advicefrommarta

Lately, I have been thinking about the dead. Not my own personal dead, the people I carry with me, and write about, but all the dead. I have been wondering if the dead are too much with us, or not … Continue reading →

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Solipsism and the Riot

Posted on January 10, 2021 by advicefrommarta

I was on  my way to Costco when I got news of the revolution. I started the day with the news that in response to some local politics, someone tried to throw a brick with the N word on it … Continue reading →

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What the New Year May Bring

Posted on January 1, 2021 by advicefrommarta

I do not remember what, if anything, we did for New Year’s Eve 2019. I know what my expectations were. I thought the year would be about my son and his turning 13 and his bar mitzvah. For a while, … Continue reading →

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What If There Isn’t a Real World?

Posted on December 13, 2020 by advicefrommarta

One day we will no longer live in pandemic-world and I will be able to start a blog post with a phrase other than “The other day on Facebook.” But, we don’t live in that world yet. So … The … Continue reading →

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A Bodhi Tree of One’s Own

Posted on December 6, 2020 by advicefrommarta

Yesterday on the radio I heard that this coming Tuesday, December 8th, is “Bodhi Day,” the day that Buddhists believe Siddhartha became the Buddha. I’ve been interested in Buddhism lately. I’ve been interested in its beliefs and in the idea … Continue reading →

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My BIG Economic Theory

Posted on November 22, 2020 by advicefrommarta

I love small businesses. I have spent a large part of my career supporting them. I’m happy to spend a little more and order a book from my local independent bookstore instead of Amazon. I’m happy to get a Turmeric … Continue reading →

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