My moods have been all over the place. You may know that I have recently had two major surgeries, and that my recovery has been frustratingly slow. Come to think of it, my moods do a daily bell curve. I wake up feeling low, and gradually feel better as the day goes on. Mid to […]
Tag: cancer
The big C, not so big
The big C, not so big My sister Laura wrote the following haiku (and the above title) for me. I find myself cheered by it, even as I gear up for lung cancer surgery on February 9. Doctors work for you You are the warlord, sister Kill the cancer cells I was even moved to […]
Of floating rocks and other natural phenomena
Younger Son and I were taking a walk by the harbor when he remarked on a boat with a concrete hull. “I always wondered how those things float,” he said. Then we mentioned that section of a floating (concrete) bridge that had its first life in the Seattle area, and that continues to float outside […]