Most days my dog and I walk to our neighborhood park. It is the highlight of her sweet, furry day. And mine, too, usually. On the way… Read more “Endings, Beginnings”
Promise Revisited
I’m certainly not a poet, or even a writer, but this space gave me a needed outlet during an extraordinary shift in my life. Six years ago… Read more “Promise Revisited”
Well, duh.
I don’t watch much TV and I don’t follow the royals except when they do something amusingly stupid, but I watched the Meghan & Harry interview with… Read more “Well, duh.”
Soar
Release me to the skies in a million pieces To ride the thermals with the hawks, delighted, enchanted, free Then let me float past them, effortless, to… Read more “Soar”
R.I.P. and don’t let the door…
When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, one of the first things I did was Google “what it’s like to die from lung cancer.” In April 2015,… Read more “R.I.P. and don’t let the door…”
Rainbow Bridge
At 12:45 this afternoon, I said goodbye to my sweet Moses — another (like all of my cats) foster fail. I could never let them go. Fourteen… Read more “Rainbow Bridge”
Restart
There are two small index cards with quotations taped to the neck of my computer monitor. They are the first things I see when I sit down… Read more “Restart”
Yeah, I guess
Some of the following is paraphrased. Me (going through mail, hands letter addressed to husband): Here, something from the physical therapy people for you. H (after reading… Read more “Yeah, I guess”
Mary Oliver
Nothing important enough to take up your time except this. Poet Mary Oliver died this week on January 17th. She was important enough in my life to… Read more “Mary Oliver”
Three Years
Unless you have or have had cancer, you won’t appreciate the significance of the title of this post. Cancer anniversaries, regrettably nicknamed “cancerversaries” (see “anywho,” “guestimate”), are… Read more “Three Years”
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