Here’s to Scruffiness
April 18, 2025
I’m sitting in the large espresso colored leather chair that I’ve had in my living room for at least 15 years. It’s scruffy now. I love my living room. I
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Oh Merciful Modern Medicine! Are you on the Chopping Block?
April 1, 2025
Prior to being diagnosed with cancer in 2007, I was one of those people who said I’d NEVER do chemo. To voluntarily put these dangerous chemicals in your body? Well, first of
The Dream and the Dollar
March 25, 2025
In 2023 I attended a fundraiser for the Central Texas Food bank and in a moment of dissociation from my bank account, I bid on a week at a resort
In and Out of Joy
March 21, 2025
I’m sitting in the large espresso colored leather chair that I’ve had in my living room for at least 15 years. It’s scruffy now. I love my living room. I
Turns out, a lot of you aren’t ok either
March 13, 2025
I got a lot of response to Monday’s post It’s ok to say I’m not ok with it. Wow, it really does help to know you are not alone! More evidence
It’s OK to say “I’m not ok with it…”
March 11, 2025
This past week, I was NOT ok with it. Here’s what I was not ok with: I was also inspired by this piece by Andrew Sullivan, Bully in his Pulpit, and how he
I sat with my hand on my heart
February 25, 2025
I sat with my hand on my heart. Taking a dose of my own medicine. Sitting with the feelings I have and offering myself compassion. Compassion for the pain of
Musings on recurring nightmares, Betsy Ross outfits, and ballet school
February 18, 2025
There is a young and childlike, nostalgic, even primitive part of myself, that wants to wrap up in the American flag. I don’t have a message to write on a
Can’t See the Path for the Fog
February 3, 2025
Last week in Austin we had several days where the fog hung low. Everything was gray, including my mood. What was fogging my mind? The effort it was taking to
Chaos on top of cancer?
January 29, 2025
Here’s what I’m thinking about the cancer experience this week. Isn’t it bad enough you have to get yourself to appointments when its cold and rainy? And that you don’t
