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Day 4685: Adjustments

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Ann Koplow

After making some adjustments to my answers, I submitted the required information to the Therapist Uncensored podcast yesterday.

Then, I exchanged some shower parts that needed adjustments …

… and returned to a chiropractor to get adjustments. We’re hoping those adjustments will relieve the annoying clicking noises in my head I’ve been adjusting to for two years.

Today, I will discuss adjustments to cognitive distortions with my group members.

Do you see adjustments in my images for today?

If I were to make adjustments to that list, I might reconsider having Buy a Donut Day on the same day as Sugar Addiction Awareness Day.

I made many adjustments to my song “Artificial Intelligence” before submitting it for an upcoming release on November 7; however, none of the adjustments are artificial. Here is my first, pre-adjustments recording of “Artificial Intelligence” last year on YouTube:

Thanks to all who are here for these adjustments today, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Buy a Donut Day, cats, Chestnut Hill Chiropractic, cognitive distortions and antidotes, Cutler Park Reservation, meatloaf, Sugar Addiction Awareness Day, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Therapist Uncensored podcast | 4 Comments

Day 4454: Suspense

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Ann Koplow

I don’t want to keep you in suspense, but I considered starting this blog post with “the suspense is killing me.”

I hope my suspense about what’s happening in my country isn’t actually killing me, but I fear these awful developments — measles outbreaks, cuts in essential and life-saving programs, the gutting of environmental protection, threats to people’s rights, alienation of allies, toxic narcissists/sociopaths in charge, etc. — will kill many people.

More suspense: Where are the effective leaders to help us out of this mess? How irrevocable is the damage being done? What will be the impact on future generations?

Nobody needs this kind of suspense.

What kinds of suspense do you see in my images for today?

On International School Meals Day, I’m in suspense and despair about all the cruel cuts to school lunch programs in the USA.

Here’s what I find when I search for suspense on YouTube:

I want my cliff-hangers in suspense fiction — not in real life, every damn day.

I can easily manage my suspense about what comments will pop up in the comments section, below.

Thanks to all who are here for this suspense post, including YOU.

Categories: life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, cuts to services, How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful — Victoria Smith, International School Meals Day, March 13 2025, meatloaf, suspense movies, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter | 11 Comments

Day 2687: Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, the day before Mother’s Day, I was happy to look at all the posts on our cat Oscar’s Facebook page, including this one from four years ago:

Here’s another post from Oscar’s Facebook page that I’m especially happy to share on Mother’s Day:

This mother of Aaron will be happy to share more posts from Oscar’s Facebook page (which has the title “Oscarthenonjudgmentalcat”) over the coming days.

In the meantime, let’s celebrate Mother’s Day on this Polar Vortex weekend with these photos taken yesterday by a mother:

You may call me nuts, but it’s made me very unhappy to witness many wonderful mothers shamed (by others and themselves) for being “fat” or “old.” Therefore, I posted this selfie yesterday on my Facebook page yesterday with the caption “Does this mask make me look fat?”

And I posted this one with the caption “Does this mask make me look old?”

That seemed to make some mothers and others happy.

This recent Jimmy Kimmel segment with texts from celebrities’ mothers made this blogging mother happily laugh out loud:

Jimmy Kimmel says at the end of that edition of Mom Texts, “Happy worst Mother’s Day ever.” Do you agree? If you give this mother the gift of a comment below, it will make me happy.

Thanks to all the mothers and others who help me happily create this blog, every day!

Categories: life during the pandemic, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Jimmy Kimmel, meatloaf, Mom Texts, Mother's Day 2020, Oscar's Facebook page, Polar Votex, Texts from celebrities' mothers, toilet paper is back on the shelves!, wear a mask, Whole Food Markets | 30 Comments

Day 2686: Responses to Illness

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Ann Koplow

I have many decades of experience observing responses to illness, because I’ve being dealing with a heart condition since birth. The responses to illness I’ve seen include:

pity,
sympathy,
empathy,
fear,
courage,
ignorance,
ingenuity,
misunderstanding,
understanding,
denial,
acceptance,
coldness,
warmth,
despair,
hope,
disrespect,
respect,
anxiety,
calm,
avoidance,
acceptance,
confusion,
clarity,
cruelty,
caring,
neglect,
kindness,
resentment,
inspiration,
isolation,
connection,
distancing,
embracing,
hate, and
love.

What responses to illness have you observed, in others and in yourself?

Now that our cat, Oscar, is ill with cancer, I’m noticing my responses to him, which are based on the golden rule:

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

I am treating Oscar when he is ill as I always wish to be treated when I am ill: with respect, caring, compassion, understanding, love, and connection.

Last night, my responses to Oscar included dancing with him to Steppin’ Out.” by Joe Jackson. Would you like to respond to this by dancing with us?