From the Editor's Computer
Usually when I get to the part of the paper
where it is time to magically pull an editorial out of thin air and write it, I
use a few different methods to generate my ideas.
Usually, what I write about comes from a
chance comment I heard, or a conversation I’ve had with someone. Or from a mishmash of conversations and
comments from any given week. However, I
haven’t been having too many conversations with people in the past few months,
and I am not out and about to overhear
many chance comments. I’m almost a
hermit, in fact. I’m completely out of
the loop right now.
Another option I use is to draw on something
I’ve read. Again, in the last few weeks
and months, I haven’t been reading much.
Partly because my brain has been too fuzzy to concentrate - which makes
remembering a challenge - and my eyes have been too blurry to see what I’m
supposed to be reading, and partly because I’ve been flipping through various
cookbooks trying to find unique recipes that use food ingredients I can
actually eat. I’ve discovered that for
the most part Vegan recipes don’t work for my situation, nor do Gluten-free
recipes, Dairy-free recipes, Allergy-free recipes, Primal/Paleo recipes or the
vast majority of Raw-food recipes.
Some times, I’ll write about what is going
on of late in my life. Well, of late in
my life there hasn’t been much going on as I usually feel too exhausted to do
anything! The diet changes are helping,
yet they don’t address the complete picture of my health situation. I did start going for acupuncture in Red Deer with Dr. Wu last month. Haven’t noticed any changes yet, despite
assurances that everything I’m experiencing is totally reversible.
On rare occasions, when the clock is
ticking very loudly in my ear and the paper deadline is looming closer and
closer, I will just start writing and see what comes out, and if it is
something I can use. Some times it is,
some times it isn’t. (Yes, that is the route I’m going with right now). And some times I manage to surprise myself,
when what ends up in the paper is not what I started to write about.
Beth
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