PinnedPatricia Martin10 Life Lessons from My ResearchOver the past few years, my research has taught me many things. What comes to mind are the people I encountered who had a keen sense of…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Patricia MartinStrange Signals: What Crop Circles Are Trying to Tell UsWhat’s trending in the collective unconscious.Jan 5Jan 5
Patricia MartinIdentity: A New Crisis of WordsFor months I’ve been collecting definitions for the word identity. So far, I have 22. Oddly, there’s little consensus among social…Mar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
Patricia MartinStrange To Ourselves: What Living Without Sleep Taught MeI remember perfectly well the week it happened. I had gone five days straight without sleep. With an anxious sounding voice, my family…Feb 27, 2023Feb 27, 2023
Patricia MartinMaking Time Count, Right From The StartAs 2023 unfolds, I’ve been reflecting on how I spent last year. And mostly wondering if I can mark time differently. Especially here at the…Jan 20, 20233Jan 20, 20233
Patricia MartinIrish Poetry and its Super Hero: Seamus HeaneyFor a time, I lived in Dublin. A time that feels far, far away now; since the pandemic has made time an accordion — shorter, longer, short…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Patricia Martin10 Offbeat Love Quotes from Famous AuthorsIn a traditional Catholic grade school like mine, even love had its rules. Valentine’s Day was no exception. Ahem, that’s St. Valentine’s…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
Patricia MartinThe Surprising Lesson I Learned from Having COVIDIt will surprise no one that COVID kills. What’s not so obvious is the broad reach of its devastation. For me, it was about killing my…Jan 10, 2021Jan 10, 2021
Patricia MartinIdentity Burn Out and the Digital YouYesterday I was looking back at some old blog posts from 2002, my first year of blogging. At the time blogging platforms were next to…Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020