Help & Helplessness

Snapshots Where would be without our gal pals, our BFF’s, our sherpas? Who else would we hang out with, eat cake and dance with? With whom would we dare to dress up as hippies and Trekkies for Halloween? Who else would laugh uproariously at our goofy, stupid jokes and not laugh at all when we [...]

Inner Resources

Anybody else besides me feel just plum wore out? I feel not only like my get-up-and-go got up and went, but took the Space Shuttle to get there. Aside from the fact that I think humans should do like bears and hibernate for the winter, life has just been too much lately. And it’s the [...]

Off My Chest

WARNING: The truth shall make you hurl — possibly. You wouldn’t think I’d have trouble dashing off blog posts during Pinktober, would you? But I have. It’s the overwhelming surfeit of potential topics that has had me stymied. There is just so much to say, I don’t know where to begin. I finally decided to [...]

Standing In The Light

Battling Mutant Pumpkins Next Saturday, on July 24th, it will have been two years since I was told I had breast cancer. It’s a strange sort of anniversary. At its most fundamental, it marks the triumph of life over death, and I’m delighted to be here representing us lifers. On the other hand, it marks [...]