Comments for The Alopecian Muse

Comment on The Long Recovery Road by Dorothy Stahlnecker

Dorothy Stahlnecker — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:34:07 +0000

Blessings, this reminded me of my struggle with cancer and being bald in 08 stage 3b Ovarian Cancer (although you looked prettier then me) Just this year do I feel normal again, if you visit grammology my photos I recently re-posted are three or four post down…and when I read your article I understood so much of what you wrote.

Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com

Comment on The Long Recovery Road by Y

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:53:38 +0000

Hey Sassy Girl! I’m so glad you are starting to feel like yourself again. From one bloated girl to another, it’s the pits. You wake up and go “What the F! Who Dat!?” LOL

I love you and wish you a very very very speedy recovery back to being a healthy you!

XOXO
MUAH

Comment on Someone is Posing as Me! by Veronica Garcia

Veronica Garcia — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:17:38 +0000

I cannot believe this shit!
I am SO sorry! If there is ANYTHING I can help you with please let me know.
Best of luck to you and I hope the site decides to do something about this crap because that is just flat out ridiculous!
Love and Hugs YOUR Way!

Comment on I Miss My Husband by gina Rundle

gina Rundle — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:12:15 +0000

everything you wrote reflected how I feel about my husband and being away, I to feel the loneliness and the nights are the worst not being able to cuddle up to him no on to share my thoughts with, not quiet the same when talking on a phone, I find myself all most wishing my life away, so that the next year and a half will pass buy quickly. I try hard to battle with the sad feelings and recently I bought a dvd, the secret it helps me to try and see that life must have a grand plan and that we play a positive role in helping that happen, and if we believe in that much and stay positive then what we give off we attract back into our lifes, that is the secret. I hope that if the lady that wrote about her husband reads this, then please rember you are not alone and stay strong and focused and your husband he will soon be back by your side where he belongs, you have a deep under lining love for each other, I to have that same love with my hubby we are lucky to have that so many people never get to feel the real depths of love, its an amazing feeling.

Comment on Happy Holidays by Loretta Levy

Loretta Levy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:29:02 +0000

That was the funnest stuff ever!!! Good job Ang!
Love you

Comment on What’s That in Your Foot? by Loretta Levy

Loretta Levy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:08:27 +0000

Hey Angela,

First of all I love the picture! I want to go make one too..I wonder if there is a simalar one with Adam Sandler.
The other thing, about the hairs getting stuck in Dom’s foot is sad yet hysterical. As a hairdresser I have gotten many-a hair splinters stuck in various parts of my body…especially the foot…which isn’t unusual since the foot is soft and sensitive. The hands too are a prime target. We all have such teeny tiny openings (point of entry for microbs) in our skin and open pores…so we can feel the slightest things and they might FEEL like something way worse than it is i.e. shards of glass…
In my opinion I do not think that the Henna will hold on the hair that I assume is with out a ‘normal’ shaft/cuticle/madulla. But then again, I know nothing about this type of hair you speak of. SORRY.
Well, I hope Dom is recovering and w/out any infections…Try the OSTER clippers for your hair. They are a little pricey but they are the best. You can get them at any Sallys Beauty Suppliers. And don’t dye your hairs(if you have any)I love you bald…I wish I could pull that off. I love you…I’m on facebook so send a shot out once in a while.

Comment on I Lost My Groove by kipstreg

kipstreg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:59:28 +0000

Yo,Angela.Miss you heaps.Don’t worry,your groove will return.But,I would like to know how those fabulous herbs of yours are going in your raw food kitchen.Keep smiling,girl.

Comment on I Lost My Groove by John J Savo

John J Savo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:02:33 +0000

Funny you should ask, because after a summer of not writing, dealing with family and business stuff, I’m back to blogging. Yeah, I revamped the auction website and I have added a blog to it. There’s one article on there now. The second one is coming this weekend sometime. So be sure to visit and subscribe.

http://SavoAuctioneers.com
direct to the blog: http://SavoAuctioneers.com/blog

P.S. I missed you too.

Comment on I Lost My Groove by kathleenmaher

kathleenmaher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:24:29 +0000

Sometimes exercises or triggers such as DeadRooster suggests really work. But, personally, I think most writers face a time when they have little choice but to wait out their writer’s block one way or another.
Sometimes a block makes you sit in front of a blank screen and just concentrate for as long as you can or however much time you routinely allot for writing. That can be really hard: sitting there and not writing every day. So hard that before long you’ll be writing something–just because you can’t bear not writing.That doesn’t mean you’ve burst through the block, though, which can be really insidious.
For two years I worked on a novel–I think I was trying something autobiographical, which has never worked for me–that finished was ill-conceived.
It took me a few months after I’d written to recognize that those two years were blocked years.
Then, too, I started my blog to overcome obsessive re-writing, which is another kind of block that few writers discuss. The standard advice is to re-write without cease. But if you’re polishing the same ten pages for months and months, you’re stuck. By forcing yourself to post whatever you came up with that day or week can get you going again. It worked for me. Next time, however, it might not.
For all the advice, however, every writer must find what works for her. And sometimes that means stepping back for several months–a scary idea for someone whose identity depends on writing. In those cases, I write letters and lists (and really long comments) to keep the sentences flowing until the stories return.

Comment on I Lost My Groove by DeadRooster

DeadRooster — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:52:21 +0000

It’s probably not that you don’t have any ideas, it’s that the ideas you do have are not interesting enough to you to get you to write about them.

Harlan Ellison once said that a real writer can write about any subject and make it interesting. He used to do a stunt where he sat in a store window with his typewriter and let someone give him a random title. He then immediately began writing a story and didn’t stop typing until the story was complete.

The trick is getting in the mood to write. Don’t wait until you find a subject fun enough to write about—you may not find it for weeks! Just pick something and start writing; the act of writing will get you in the mood to write.

I wrote an article about this and it is my most popular post ever with nearly 100,000 pageviews:

How to get in the Mood to Write

Read that and see if it helps.

Good luck, Angela!

Comment on New Mexico is My Lover in Disguise! by Meagan

Meagan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:52:56 +0000

I’m so glad I found your blog. My family and I are moving to Albuquerque at the end of the year and I have been feeling very much like you initially felt. I had never been to Abq. but visited this summer after fining out we were being relocated there. I fell in love with the mountains, but admit I’m still pretty nervous about how I will feel about living there. I’m so excited about the new experiences we will have, but every time someone says something negative about Albuquerque (it’s so brown, high crime rate, poor schools, etc.) it takes a little piece of my excitement away. After reading your blog though I know I’m not alone and that there is hope that NM is where our family was meant to be.

Comment on Our Mold Infested Home! by dragonflymcs

dragonflymcs — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:29:08 +0000

I am sorry about what has happened to you and yours. We had a similar fate. I have Hypersensitivity Pnuemonitis from mold and several other conditions. My partners brain no longer goes into REM sleep. Our damage is permanent. We have yet to find safety since 2004. We had many of the same molds you had present in your home. I wish you all well and may you and yours find safety and your health be restored.

Comment on Shh!!! I’m Hiding! by Angela

Angela — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:47:04 +0000

Hi hon,
You’re never too late! When I’m ready, I’ll definitely let you know.

Comment on Shh!!! I’m Hiding! by Kendal

Kendal — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:27:02 +0000

I know I’m a little late for this, but I am all for the Chameleon Campaign and if I can do anything at all to help you in this, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!

Comment on What Does it Take to Make Things Better by Angela

Angela — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:04:09 +0000

Hi Hon,
Good to see you! Thank you for your encouragement.