My life used to be about waffles.
I was compartmentalizing parts of my life into their own individual waffle boxes, each realm with it's own walls, it's own triumphs and disasters. (What does that have to do with 'this week's education'? -- stay with me).
Not only did I feel like a handful of different people, it was hard to find social support across waffle-boxes when I had personal difficulties in just one box. So I got to wondering if I should just sit in one box and enjoy the syrup. Well, I found that I kept peering over the walls into other areas of my life.
What I decided was really so obvious, it's embarrassing. I decided to let myself be the human mash-up that we all are to some extent. Each one of us being a nexus for everything we invite and allow into our lives.
And that is why in "this week's education," you'll see that I'm reading research articles about the convergence of diabetes and celiac disease; being fascinated and inspired by the creative potential reflected in a new media mash-up; and indulging in the video history of lindy hop.
So without further ado, here is what is sparking my neurons this week:
RESEARCH:
The great majority of children with type 1 diabetes produce and deposit anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the small intestine. Diabetes. 2009 Apr 28.
Screening for associated autoimmunity in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Horm Res. 2009;71(4):201-6. Epub 2009 Mar 4.
LINDY HOP:
