Uncategorized Quarantine Notes – March 17 17 Mar 2020 Today is the first day of remote learning for my fifth grader, aka "Kid 3." But, Kid 3 (and her older sister, Kid 2 (24) have run low fevers since…
Uncategorized Things that make me go Hmmmm? 30 Sep 2019 Why is every activity for adults [fun thing] and wine? I'd love to paint and cook and craft, but I don't like wine. I don't want to pay for the…
Uncategorized Late to the Party – starting D&D at 50 12 Sep 201912 Sep 2019 My son is pissed. "MOM. I tried for YEARS to get you to play D&D, and you wait until I move to New York to start playing?!" "Well," I explained.…
Uncategorized A letter to my dead father 7 May 2019 Dear Dad, Intellectually, I knew you were mortal. And your health hasn't been good for several years. It all started to go to shit when you slipped on the stairs…
Uncategorized How a lame comment and a case of mistaken identity torpedoed my job search 16 Nov 2018 I didn’t always say everything that popped into my head. When I went to Kindergarten, the school realized I could already read like a third-grader (though I couldn’t tie my…
Cancer You’re a cancer survivor – a bullet list 22 Oct 2017 One day you feel a lump in your boob. Machines create images, doctors test a chunk. It’s cancer. People say you’re a survivor the moment you announce your diagnosis. You…
Cancer Sometimes I miss cancer. 29 Nov 2016 Are you surprised? I am. Après cancer is a series of milestones. One year since my first chemo! One year since my last chemo! I have come to the conclusion…
Uncategorized Now accepting new clients 29 Jun 2016 We took a couple-few years off to write novels (and were pretty prolific), but we’re ready to get back in the game. You need words? We got ’em. Words to…
Books… Cancer Slayer: Post Script 4 May 2016 Yesterday I had surgery to remove the medi-port that was installed a year ago ahead of chemo. Since then I've had six rounds of chemo, multiple echocardiograms, 11 infusions of…