She records women's underwear, men's drinking habits, children's games; illness, casual beauty, timeless harvest homes, and the arrival of "furniture on instalment".
The very disparity of its contents speaks to the random nature of affliction, the indiscriminate and casual route that illness, small and large, takes in coming to us.
Oh, I felt terrible, said the barista, but I came into work – displaying the same casual attitude to the illness that has seen thousands struggle into work, or keep up social rounds, despite still being infectious.
Casual language used to describe mental illness is decidedly negative.
The casual use of language stigmatising mental illness is exceedingly common.
In contrast, a person who develops a florid acute disease, whether appendicitis or full-scale mania, is obviously ill to any casual observer, because the contrast between the normal base line and the illness is stark.
We should be careful about casual uses of words associated with mental illness.
Smokers will appreciate the healthier alternative to cigarettes, especially as they develop smoking related illnesses, while warning labels will discourage casual experimentation by non-smokers.
Before the second period, the team conducted a casual news conference in which team doctor Craig Milhouse revealed the illness that has sidelined leading goal-scorer Corey Perry and defenseman Francois Beauchemin was the mumps.
They talk about arcane topics from history, literature, science and philosophy, throwing off casual asides on subjects like Sigmund Freud's theory of "gain through illness" — the idea that people become neurotic because it is useful to them.
