So, a few months ago I shared my 12 goals for summer. Want to know how I’m doing so far? 1. Learn to skip a stone I totally did it! I skipped a stone! Many times. Unfortunately, any attempts to snap a picture to capture the moment were unsuccessful. You’ll have...
“Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you, Everywhere you go, always take the weather…” - Crowded House Have you noticed that as soon as the weather changes, humans try to shield themselves from it? Initially everyone is out, car windows are wide open. A...
A new feature on Love+Medicine! Here is where I take questions from you, my wonderful readers. Any subject is fair game. Questions may be sent anonymously. Today I...
June in Copenhagen. One of the most notable sitings all over town is the presence of truckloads of students graduating from high school, all wearing caps, dancing to loud music. While walking through the park, a Danish fellow explained the tradition and agreed to...
In the dark all cats are grey. - Benjamin Franklin
People often ask me what I am watching these days. Not because I watch so much, but because I am very passionate (and vocal;) about what I watch. This is the age of great television, specifically not network television. People who ask me know that I have very...
Steady Hand The Bris. The celebration of removal of foreskin The first of his covenants with our Creator Not in the presumed sterility of hospital walls But done in one's home surrounded by family and deli Some choose to step back Shout out the obligatory "mazel tov"...
1. Learn to skip a stone 2. See Leonard Cohen wherever he is playing 3. Run a 5K 4. Plant a 100% edible garden 5. Get hair extensions 6. Yoga on my Stand Up Paddle Board 7. Get out of my head and into my body 8. Ride my bike to work 9. Learn to play one song on the...
Read moreThe cure for anything is salt water:
sweat, tears or the sea.
Isak Dinesen
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen
Not sure how many of you know about my love for football. I know, sounds incongruous to my nature. It is a passion of mine and passions are healthy. I won't talk about the medical dangers; focusing on the Love not the Medicine. Right now I just need to...
I always wanted a screened in porch, a four season room. The outside of a house always interested me more than the inside. True zen, I believe, can only be found in nature. In this poem, I parallel the changes in nature to the transformation going on between two...
Ever since I was diagnosed nearly 10 years ago, my life has gained a sense of surrealism. I am not exactly sure how to be. There are few guidelines for those of us who are faced with our own death in such a concrete way. Even before my diagnosis, as the daughter of a...