Good News — and a Great Loss
Good News I received some amazing news last week. After a year of targeted treatment for melanoma, my PET scan came back with the report “No Evidence of Disease.” When I told my friends and family, they wanted to know “What does that mean?” “Are you cancer-free now?”...
StoryWorth as Memoir
StoryWorth Week by Week A year ago, my four adult children gifted me a subscription to StoryWorth, “a service that helps you create a personalized keepsake book with your loved ones’ stories.” Each week for a year I received a prompt in my email feed...
What a Difference a Stand Mixer Makes — Buttermilk Biscuits
Papa’s Stand Mixer I have always been a whisk and wooden spoon baker, but after 30 years of rheumatoid arthritis, my elbow and shoulder joints have been damaged, and I can no longer make pie crust, bread dough, or — the worst, according to my granddaughter...
Sunday Breakfast and the Importance of Ritual
Sunday Breakfast It is Sunday morning, and I’m just finishing my version of a Full English Breakfast, which today consists of boiled then sauteed shitake mushrooms, sliced tomato, sliced new potatoes, chopped bok choi, a fried fresh egg, and two slices of...Unexpected News and Points of Light
Unexpected News In late February, while visiting friends and family in Santa Cruz, I received a phone call from my dermatologist. Before I drove north, he had removed a mole from my breast and sent the tissue for testing. The diagnosis, he now informed me, was...
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