Life As An Anomaly

Second Look Sunday: Laughing At Myself

Originally posted Novemeber 2, 2013 Yesterday I went to the doctors office at Mt. Sinai and parked in their parking lot which is a six story structure that is usually always full, but I always manage to get a spot. I left the car and took the elevator down to walk over to the hospital…

What Is The One Main Thing That Made Me Thrive Despite My Prognosis With Cardiac Sarcoidosis?

This is an “Ask Me Anything About My Life With Sarcoidosis Post”. For more information on these post, please click on the logo at the end of this post. The following question was emailed to me by a reader that wished to remain anonymous: Q: ”Basil, you claim that when you were first diagnosed with…

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Sarcoidosis Explained

Second Look Sunday: I Dreamed An Odd Dream

Originally Posted by BASIL RENE on OCTOBER 21, 2013 I do dream at night when I sleep, but I very seldom remember them. Usually they are happy dreams, and flying dreams. Very seldom are they scary. Last night I had a dream that was very disturbing. And so, when I do have one that disturbs…

Have You Ever Wondered Who Is Paying For All Of This?

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Crazy Gossip

Ask Me Anything About My Sarcoidosis

A new feature on my blog is, “Ask me about my sarcoidosis”. I started this blog as a way to help other people with sarcoidosis to get more information and since I get a few emails every week asking me specific questions about my life with the disease, I decided to start a new segment…

Questions For Trump Supporters

There are two topics that I generally shy away from – religion and politics. However, I came across this post over at Nan’s Notebook and I just had to repost it here. The piece says so much about what I think of those that support the giant peach that occupies the Oval Office who is…

Second Look Sunday: Sessions With A Buddhist Therapist

Originally posted October 18, 2013 I entered the door into a small, but very cozy room, a couch along the right wall, a table opposite with pamphlets and magazines. The furniture was homely, not a typical office’s furniture. I sat on the couch and looked at the selection of magazines, but none held my interest…

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Safety & Poison

A Funny Thing Happened As I Ran Out Of The Award Show

Isn’t it funny how the universe works? The more you resist something, the more it will push against you and show itself to test you until you come to terms with it. Blog awards. I stopped accepting them for many different reasons that I won’t go into here, other than I would say that many…

Second Look Sunday: Words Of Encouragement

Originally Posted on OCTOBER 8, 2013 Very often I receive emails from readers and many comments. Yesterday I received a comment to one of my posts, which I think did not deserve to be hidden away in the comments, but posted for everyone to see. With the permission of the author – MzGloria PrettyWings WarrenNewsome…

How Did I Get Sarcoidosis?

“How did you get sarcoidosis?” Is the first question posted to me by Alec on the new feature on this blog, Ask Me About My Life With Sarcoidosis. That is a very interesting question that I posed to my doctor when I was first diagnosed in 2006 and since my first involvement with the disease…

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Food Source Reality

Ask Me About My Life With Sarcoidosis

Introducing a new feature on my blog, “Ask me about my sarcoidosis”. I started this blog as a way to help other people with sarcoidosis to get more information and since I get a few emails every week asking me specific questions about my life with the disease, I decided to start a new segment…

Ten Questions For A Ten Year Old Blog

I read the words “Would you answer these ten questions in a post?” in a recent email from a fellow blogger who read my post that I am blogging now for ten years and I thought why not. So here goes. Ten questions about ten years of blogging. 1: Why did you start your blog?…

Second Look Sunday: Do you Suffer With Sarcoidosis?

Originally Posted August 2013 Do you suffer with sarcoidosis? So sorry to hear that. I don’t. I don’t allow anything to make me suffer. If something is making you suffer, then you have allowed it to have power over you. So I don’t use the word suffer in my vocabulary. Change you way of thinking….

Wednesday’s Words Of Wisdom: Truth & Fiction

Second Look Sunday: Not Seeing In Black & White

Originally posted July 24th 2013 For some reason, because I have a blog about sarcoidosis, people automatically assume that I am a black woman, although my blog’s tag line is “One man’s positive journey with sarcoidosis”. I suppose that majority of people that have blogs about sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis support sites are black women, and…

Someone Thinks I Have A Real Neat Blog

I stopped accepting blog awards many years ago for many different reasons, especially after 10 years of blogging, but I was given The Real Neat Blog Award by Cyranny over at Cyranny’s Cove, a really cool blog that I really admire and you should check out too. Part of the award loop is to answer…

Second Look Sunday: “Lost Keys”

Originally posted June 14, 2013 I am a pretty organized guy for the most part. I file everything away in its place so I can easily locate them. I even keep my keys organized. I don’t have any other keys with the keys for the cars for security purposes, as sometimes I valet park and…

When People Start Disappointing You, Just Read This

People will disappoint you and anger you and frustrate you. And when they do, simply take a minute to read these words.

Wednesday Words Of Wisdom: Rationalization

It’s Taco Tuesday

It’s taco Tuesday but did you ever see this irony?

Second Look Sunday: “How I Live My Life With Sarcoidosis”

Originally posted June 7, 2013 Someone recently wrote to ask me how I live my life with sarcoidosis, and it stumped me. I never really thought about it. Although I have a blog devoted to my life with sarcoidosis, and a Facebook page and a Twitter feed, I really do not dwell on the fact…

Second Look Sunday: “The Power Of Social Media”

Originally posted July 17, 2013 I was not one for social media until I got into it. I found Twitter really pointless when it first came out, but now I am a tweeter. Looking at the evolution of social media such as Facebook and Twitter over the last few years, I realized just how effective…

Don’t Ask Me What I Do, Ask Me What I Like To Do

When people meet me for the first time, and they ask what I do for a living, they are always impressed by the fact that I am a chef, then fascinated by the type of chef I am and what my exact line of work is. Then almost inevitably they will ask what is my…