I might in the course of time learn what it is that one can make of this loose, drifting material of life. Tales of a Teenage Lightweight. Posted by Alice Lowe under Personal Essays. Bad girls on the stoop.

There, I said it.

The Journey to Optimism with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Finding a new way of life by focusing on mind, body, and soul. The Terrible and The Fortunate. 8220;I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. Thinking of the ocean-side helps to bring me to a more zen place, important in stress management. I cannot recall a time when the happiness of others did not.

Sharing the extraordinary within ordinary lives. Essays from the magazine, news, updates on contributors, and other features appear here. Monday, August 3, 2015. Corn Snake Mike is pointing out a wooden bird house on the edge of his property and is beginning to tell the story of how he came to build it when a broad-chested blue jay darts down to rest on its roof. This is a world I ha.