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…2 min read·Dec 14, 2020----
Patricia MartinLove in the Age of AIHow bots have learned to love bomb us.3 min read·Feb 10, 2024----
Patricia MartinStrange Signals: What Crop Circles Are Trying to Tell UsWhat’s trending in the collective unconscious.2 min read·Jan 5, 2024----
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…3 min read·Mar 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…5 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Jan 20, 2023--3--3
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…5 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·Oct 29, 2020----