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Day 4090: Smart

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Ann Koplow

I’m a smart-enough psychotherapist to sometimes share this clip from the smart movie Broadcast News when I’m working with smart people.

I wonder if smart men have a similar experience. Smart women usually seem to relate.

Do you see “smart” in my images for today?

I’m smart enough to know that people are going to have questions about White Day because I did!

I look forward to your smart comments and thanks to all who help me stay smart enough to blog every day, including YOU!

Note: WordPress was apparently smart enough to somehow publish this post THREE times!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Broadcast News, cats, Commonwealth Book Store, downtown Boston, March 14 2024, sexism, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter, vegetarian meat loaf, White Day | 2 Comments

Day 4090: Smart

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Ann Koplow

I’m a smart-enough psychotherapist to sometimes share this clip from the smart movie Broadcast News when I’m working with smart people.

I wonder if smart men have a similar experience. Smart women usually seem to relate.

Do you see “smart” in my images for today?

I’m smart enough to know that people are going to have questions about White Day because I did!

I look forward to your smart comments and thanks to all who help me stay smart enough to blog every day, including YOU!

NOTE: WordPress was smart enough to somehow publish this “Smart” post THREE times and I’m smart enough not to care!

Day 4090: Smart

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Ann Koplow

I’m a smart-enough psychotherapist to sometimes share this clip from the smart movie Broadcast News when I’m working with smart people.

I wonder if smart men have a similar experience. Smart women usually seem to relate.

Do you see “smart” in my images for today?

I’m smart enough to know that people are going to have questions about White Day because I did!

I look forward to your smart comments and thanks to all who help me stay smart enough to blog every day, including YOU!

NOTE: WordPress was smart enough to somehow publish this post THREE times!

Day 4014: Taking a Risk

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Ann Koplow

I’m taking a risk by titling this blog post “Taking a Risk” rather than “Balance” (the other title I was considering).

I’m taking a risk today by paying a deposit on the Lilypad performance space for my concert/live album recording in June.

Shenna Bellows, Maine’s Secretary of State, was taking a risk when she found Trump ineligible to be on the primary ballot there.

Do you see anybody taking a risk in my other images for today?

Somebody’s taking a risk with their eating habits.

Here’s what I find when I search for “taking a risk” on YouTube.

Thanks to all who helped me create this taking-a-risk post, including YOU.

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Saying Yes: Taking Risks in Pursuit of Self-Discovery”, cats, December 29 2023, decisions, Jessica Kapp, Maine removing Trump from primary ballot, Shenna Bellows, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The Lilypad, Twitter, vegetarian meat loaf | 12 Comments

Day 3531: Winging it

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Ann Koplow

As usual, I’m winging it here this morning, which seems particularly appropriate on National Chicken Boy Day.

I’ll be winging it today as I facilitate two therapy groups and prepare to meet a new electrophysiologist/cardiologist tomorrow. Next week, I’ll be winging it down south for my vacation.

Do you see anybody winging it in my images for today?

Winging it makes even more sense on National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day.

Orange you glad that this woman whose hair is silver and who often wears purple is winging it with spirit in the month of September?

Here’s what I find when I’m winging it on YouTube.

Any chance you’ll be winging it in the comments section, below?

Thanks to all who are winging it, here and now, including YOU.

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Chicken Boy Polka, living with a heart condition, National Chicken Boy Day, National Days September 1 2022, National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Those Darn Accordians, vegetarian meat loaf, water, words with no rhyme | 12 Comments

Day 3403: Out on a ledge

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, I read the news about

the conservative U.S. Supreme Court’s intent to take away a woman’s right to choose (a right which a huge majority of citizens support),
how the SCOTUS decision will erode other rights,
the projected outcome of the U.S. midterm elections, with the Democrats losing the tenuous control they now have,
the war in Ukraine,
irreversible global warming,
greed,
fear,
etc…..

… and I felt very pessimistic, helpless, and hopeless. In other words, I felt like I was out on a ledge.

I decided to name those feelings on Twitter, assuming that other people might be feeling the same way. I got a lot of helpful and empathic responses, with some joining me on the ledge and others urging me to get off the ledge and fight for the rights and the future I want.

Are any of my images today out on a ledge?

The Daily Bitch often seems like she is out on a ledge.

When I’m out on a ledge, humor and music can get me off that ledge. Tonight, my son Aaron and I will be seeing “Weird Al” Yankovic in concert and yesterday this song cheered me up immeasurably:

Thanks to all those who help me whenever I’m out on a ledge, including YOU.

Categories: life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, gratitude, Hardware Store, National Days May 6 2022, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the Supreme Court of the United States, Twitter, vegetarian meat loaf, Weird Al Yankovic | 15 Comments

Day 3315: Promises

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Ann Koplow

Just now, I noticed that the Bidens have fulfilled one of their campaign promises from last year.

The New York Times, which promises “all the news that’s fit to print,” is all over that story, too.

This promises more uplifting news stories ahead for all us cat lovers.

I promise more uplifting images in today’s blog.

I promise that the label “weird” often comes up in my therapy groups, and it’s promising that people usually embrace the label “weird” in a promisingly positive and productive way.

I promise to check YouTube for a good song for this “Promises” blog.

I promise you that “Promises, Promises” has been running through my head since I started creating this post.

If you leave a comment below, I promise to respond very soon.

A promise I make and keep is to express gratitude to those who help me fulfill the promise of each new precious day, including YOU!

Categories: group therapy, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Alpine chocolate cake, “Promises Promises”, bonding, cats, Dionne Warwick, favorite desserts, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the New York Times, the South Shore of Boston, vegetarian meat loaf, White House cat Willow | 16 Comments

Day 3237: Nourishment

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Ann Koplow

When people talk about food in my therapy groups (and they often do!), I sometimes invite them to expand the discussion to include different kinds of nourishment.

It might be nourishing to include a definition of nourishment here.

Do you see nourishment in my images for today?

I hope for a day when veterans everywhere get the nourishment they need.

I doubt I’ll get the nourishment of a Sundae today (because I work from 9 – 8 on Thursdays), but there’s always tomorrow!

Part of my recent nourishment has been listening to Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye NYC album, including this nourishing tune:

What types of nourishment have you been getting these days?

Gratitude is one of my favorite kinds of nourishment, so thanks to all who visit this blog, including YOU.

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: a potato named Doug, cats, coping and healing groups, Pat Metheny, self-care, Side-Eye NYC, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Timeline, vegetarian meat loaf, Yogi Tea | 13 Comments

Day 3154: Amazing places

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Ann Koplow

I was in many amazing places yesterday, including two Zoom-like therapy groups. At the end of my amazing day, I posted this about amazing places on Twitter:

People responded with many amazing places, some of which I’ve been to (e.g., Yosemite, Iceland, and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula) and some of which I want to visit (including Australia, Machu Picchu, Italy, Greece, and Hawaii). One person responded that Portland, Oregon was the most amazing place she’d been, which I found amazing because I might be going there next week.

Do you see amazing places in my other images for today?

I disagree with the Daily Bitch today: any place I’m still alive is amazing.

Our kitchen is an amazing place thanks to my husband Michael. Isn’t it amazing that this ….

… is a vegetarian meat loaf?

Here’s what I find in the amazing place of YouTube when I search for “amazing places.”

I look forward to your thoughts and feelings about amazing places in the amazing comments section, below.

I’m grateful for all who follow me in this amazing blogging place of WordPress, including YOU!

Categories: group therapy, life during the pandemic, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: 15 Unbelievable Places That Actually Exist, cats, gratitude, Monument Valley, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Top Fives, vegetarian meat loaf | 18 Comments

Day 2903: Just BE

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Ann Koplow

Sometimes we need a break from thinking, worrying, and doing, to just BE. After all, we are human BEings (not human doings etc.), as difficult as it might BE to BElieve that and just BE.

Just BE, as you look at my images for today.