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Read “Chronically Ill Patient Turns To Sesame Street” for inspiration…

By Kim Painter, USA TODAY
One morning, Doris Varnell, a 57-year-old retiree whose children are grown, was looking for a little fun. So she turned on Sesame Street: “I watched it just long enough to get my giggles,” she says.
Varnell, of Austin, has a knack for finding joy in small moments. She also has multiple sclerosis [...]

“You’re an Author? Me Too!” (NYTimes Book Review Essay)

Is there any way to read this essay and not feel deflated? Rachel Donadio writes about the NEA’s report which showed that 53% of Americans hadn’t read a book in the previous year, but in 2007, (according to the industry tracker Bowker) 4000,000 books were published/distributed in the United States, up from 3000,000 in 2006. [...]

A Call Out to Writers of All Kinds! (From Diabetes Health)

We’d like to invite diabetes professionals, persons with diabetes (and the people who love and help them) to contribute articles to Diabetes Health.
We’re interested in almost every topic imaginable:
• Promising research
• First-person stories
• Memorable people and characters
• Letters to the editor
• [...]