tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post3579839539107886758..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: Fighting the BluesSeraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-53530161418637067282010-10-15T19:10:48.485+01:002010-10-15T19:10:48.485+01:00Does anyone watch Lark Rise to Candleford? (BBC se...Does anyone watch Lark Rise to Candleford? (BBC series, set in Victorian times) Seraphic, I wonder what you would think of the character of Dorcas Lane as a role model for singles. She struggles with some of the traps of singledom (meddling, holding on to an old flame for far too long when it's going nowhere) but she also lives a happy, useful life with great joy and attention to beauty. I love this series (so far).fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10707768899655106067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-42255017593116862372010-10-15T16:22:56.056+01:002010-10-15T16:22:56.056+01:00Sometimes the Jesuit suggestion of happy things to...Sometimes the Jesuit suggestion of happy things to balance the sad works, but sometimes, I find that when I'm sad or meloncholy, what I really need is to have a good cry. So if that's what I need, I find a weepy chick movie and cry my way through it. And then I usually feel better.<br /><br />When it IS something happy I need, however, I usually go to museum, then go to the bookstore and get magazines to read in the bathtub, then to the foo-foo bath place to get really nice bubble bath, and then I do a spa night at home, with a nice hot bath, and brain-free magazines, and a big glass of water with rosewater in it, and my CD of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong duets. And then early to bed. Usually right as rain the next day.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189484230807770574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-47753621567064362012010-10-15T13:20:43.791+01:002010-10-15T13:20:43.791+01:00At my lowest point, I watched Tim Hawkins' &qu...At my lowest point, I watched Tim Hawkins' "Hedge of Protection" routine (look for him on YouTube; he's pretty clean and HILARIOUS) over and over again.The Sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559244806125834569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-67975233873560239592010-10-15T03:42:13.721+01:002010-10-15T03:42:13.721+01:00It may sound strange, but I've usually needed ...It may sound strange, but I've usually needed really gritty stuff to read to counteract depression, because when I'm depressed, the cheery, bright stuff doesn't seem to cut it - feels too unreal. (Yes, that's what depression can do to one's sense of reality.) <br /><br />At one period in my life, I found the very grim, baroque mysteries of James Ellroy really helpful against depression. No one could suspect him of sugar-coating reality, yet he always seemed somehow to retain a kind of hope in the face of despair. Yet he isn't even a very good writer, or at any rate a good stylist. Or wasn't at that time; he has since improved. <br /><br />The rosary can be helpful against depression, especially the kind that grows out of grief or self-recrimination. I speak here of its meditative qualities rather than the possibility of heavenly intercession, but of course the latter could very well be part of its helpfulness too. <br /><br />ClioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-66166388127173684052010-10-15T01:06:42.563+01:002010-10-15T01:06:42.563+01:00Six almonds! That's discipline!!Six almonds! That's discipline!!Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-24164303054355138302010-10-14T23:24:38.296+01:002010-10-14T23:24:38.296+01:00Art is definetely a cheer upper!I worked in a muse...Art is definetely a cheer upper!I worked in a museum during the summer and I loved being surrounded by amazing art every day! As for the movies I agree with Fifi about the old movies doing the trick..for me my biggest comfort tv show so far has been Dr quinn medicine woman :)Jasminahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629394926815113338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-2302338752555541512010-10-14T23:12:16.512+01:002010-10-14T23:12:16.512+01:00Watching old movies is high on my cheer-up list (o...Watching old movies is high on my cheer-up list (of course, watching them with someone is better than watching alone). The clothes are fun, the dancing is awesome... what's not to love? <br /><br />The makers seemed to really grasp the concept of escapist, cheer-inducing entertainment. There is a deliberate optimistic, even Christian (and patriotic) outlook in many old films, not to mention a decency and innocence we don't often find in the cinema nowadays. <br /><br />All the arts are great cheerer-uppers. Aren't we lucky to have access to such richness, whatever other blessings pass us by!fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10707768899655106067noreply@blogger.com