I’ve been quiet on the blogging front for the first week of this splendid New Year, mostly because I’ve been trying to figure out what to write about now that my cancer is in remission.
In the olden days I used this blog to write about politics, communication, and culture, and while that thematic triad will never totally disappear from my writing, most of you have let me know that since my diagnosis back in June, you’ve been more interested in what I had to say about my cancer and its treatment. I don’t plan to abandon that theme, either, although just repeating how happy I am to be “cancer-free” and how grateful I am to everyone who helped make that happen isn’t likely to hold most readers’ attention for very long.
Hence, there was a bad word defining my present conundrum. What should I write about?
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Speechless in Phoenix
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David Whyte, “Sweet Darkness”
Twice this week I have been rendered alive and speechless by dear friends who also happen to be valued colleagues.
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A Good Week of Answered Prayers and Continuing Wonder
“Which are the magic
moments in ordinary
time? All of them,
for those who can see.”
--Tim Dlugos, “Ordinary Time”
This has been a week of good news, visits, gifts, a graduation, and much happiness. We are truly blessed and very grateful each and every day. And blessed also for the wonder of another starry, starry night.
The good news was reported on Facebook right after we received it from Dr. Robin on Wednesday afternoon… Read more... -
Things We Take For Granted ... Until
The first sign of trouble with our air conditioning was on Monday and it was an obvious sign: adjusting the thermostat down to 78 degrees didn’t produce the usual start-up whir of a electric motor nor the reassuring whip-whip-whip of a fan. Adjusting it down further – to 75, then to 70, then all the way down to 60 met with the same aural absence and a gradual admission that, in fact, we had a… Read more...
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Counter-Narrative 
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