by Cooper West | Jun 17, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing Update
While Mondays have, in general, a bad reputation, my relationship with the start of the day!jobs workweek is usually humorous: “Oh Monday, you rascal you!” Not today. Today both day!jobs were irksome and frustrating and too busy and unexpectedly stinky...
by Cooper West | Jun 16, 2013 | Modus Operandi
It’s been about 17 years since I’ve been able to face up to father’s day. That was about the time my father suffered a major stroke (yes, on Father’s Day) and fell into a downward spiral that dragged out for over a year and a half until he died...
by Cooper West | Jun 15, 2013 | Modus Operandi
This morning I slept in (oh gloriousness!) which I really needed. Then I got up and strengthened myself. Life is a constant work-in-progress, something that isn’t news to any of us I suppose. But I spent so many years coasting, getting by, not realizing that I...
by Cooper West | Jun 14, 2013 | Editorial, Modus Operandi
What we tell ourselves is our own persuasion. It’s the stuff we repeat over and over in the dark, lying in bed, making the decision that tomorrow will be different. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn’t. I’m at the point where I have to admit...
by Cooper West | Jun 11, 2013 | Modus Operandi
OMG I really need to break this habit of eating at my work desk. I think this is a hangover from the pre-divorce days. I pretty much holed up in my bedroom and lived there. Husband and I still lived together through the whole thing, just with separate bedrooms, and...
by Cooper West | Jun 10, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing Process
I know that’s a really weird post title, but it’s also true. I got a new chair, and I think it’s changed my life. It’s not, actually a new chair. It’s a little beat up and scratched up hand-me-down from a friend who is downsizing in...
