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#Lent2018: Sassy Counterpunches—Chiseling a Crack in Despondency

March 26, 2018 Susan

This is the sixth and final entry in my weekly series of reflections on Nicole Roccas’s book TIME AND DESPONDENCY:…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #2018Lent, #Lent2018, despondency, humor, laughter, Lent, Nicole Roccas, Pascha, Time and Despondency

Mental Health Monday: Laughter Really Does Help

December 24, 2013 Susan

  Just over a year ago, I did a post about laughter… borrowing Anne Lamott’s term, “Carbonated Holiness.” I said…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: "carbonated holiness", holiday stress, Jimmy Fallon, Justn Timberlake, laughter, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Wrappingvillle SNL

Mental Health Monday: Sobriety and Laughter

August 5, 2013 Susan 6 Comments

One month ago today I underwent surgery to fuse several cervical vertebrae and begin to repair broken bones in my…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: alcohol, comic strips, laughter, mental health, recovery, sobriety, surgery, The New Yorker

Mental Health Monday: Carbonated Holiness

September 3, 2012 Susan 2 Comments

I don’t like comedy. There. I’ve said it. For one thing, it’s so damn hard to do comedy well. Hard…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: "carbonated holiness", "I'm a Mess", "Kin", Anne Lamott, Arlo and Janis, beach, dancing, humor, Jimmy Johnson, Kurt Vonnegut, laughter, Laughter the Best Medicine, LOL, Mary Karr, Mary Oliver, mental health, Rodney Crowell

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