Jul 1, 2020
Finding your voice
"I’ve seen the world tell us with wars and real estate developments and bad politics and odd court decisions that our lives don’t matte
Apr 8, 2020
Old shoes
My mom used to say that your job as a mother, from the time your child is five, is to prepare them to leave home. I always thought that...
Feb 10, 2020
The cause of death is birth
Why do we have this great thirst to live, anyway? Buddhism says, the cause of death is birth.
Feb 4, 2020
Whining and ice cream
After the second month of chemo, I’m aware of the tired toll; but I circle back to how fortunate I've been.
Jan 9, 2020
The power of choice
Turning my thoughts toward dying is new. If I have a choice, how do I want that to go?
Jan 5, 2020
Hair today, gone tomorrow
I’m having one more new experience: baldness.
Dec 21, 2019
Act your age
There’s a "women’s" magazine that features fashion and accessory recommendations every month for women by decade: what to wear in your...
Dec 2, 2019
Drafted into the war on cancer
Cancer is war, ‘months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror.’
Nov 22, 2019
Seed corn must not be ground
Käthe Kollowitz used her fierce talent to tell the truth about the moral tragedies of her time and place—about the terrible price we pay for
Oct 31, 2019
A day for something frightening
On halloween, I met for the first time with my oncologist.