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DEARMAIZIE

… started out as letters to my dog maizie but devolved into meaningless observations from a half-deaf cancer alumnus introvert navigating the noise you other people make

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    Endings, Beginnings

    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”

    May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 by dearmaizie

    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”

    April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by dearmaizie

    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.”

    March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 by dearmaizie

    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”

    March 3, 2021 by dearmaizie

    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…”

    February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 by dearmaizie

    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”

    December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by dearmaizie

    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”

    November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by dearmaizie

    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”

    April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 by dearmaizie

    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”

    January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 by dearmaizie

    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”

    September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 by dearmaizie

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