I recently attended a conference for survivors of GI cancers. During one of the presentations, this slide was shown. I love this definition of survivorship: The conference was also encouraging about the advances in cancer treatments and some really groundbreaking stuff like vaccines and better immunotherapy drugs on the horizon. It made me think we… Continue reading S is for Survivorship
People are scary. They are erratic, emotional beings. One never knows what one will get when interacting with people. While we're at it, the whole world is pretty scary too. Animals might attack. Plants can make you sick or even kill you. There are so many natural disasters that could significantly alter one's life. Heck,… Continue reading R is for Restlessness and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Lately, the concreteness of what can be known has been on my mind. It's something I've pondered on and off for many, many years. I will probably continue to contemplate the boundaries of knowledge for the rest of my life. Everyone (probably) knows what these questions are like. Why is there suffering and pain? How… Continue reading Q is for Questions that are Left Open-ended
Another film event for the art video "Death Mask" that features my husband's music.
I recently spent a good deal of time in the car with my husband. We were traveling to see my mom and then driving back, all in a long weekend. It gave us time to catch up on some podcasts. We listened to the first several episodes of the current season of Invisibilia. It's a… Continue reading P is for Patterns and Questioning Just How Predictable We Humans Are
My GI tract has been through a lot. About eleven years ago, I started having esophageal spasms and acid reflux that couldn't be controlled with anything short of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). I never managed to get off these drugs. An attempt last year ultimately led to the discovery of a carcinoid tumor in my… Continue reading O is for Overgrowth of Bacteria in the Small Intestine
Recently at a game night with my friends, we were playing a game where you draw cards that generate discussion on books. I can't remember what the game was called, but one of the questions asked what fictional world we would want to live in. The answer was easy for me. Since I first began… Continue reading N is for Nalini Singh and the Fictional World I Want to Live in
Another tarot card. Today the Magician. Card 1. The Magician is the first step on the journey of enlightenment represented within the major arcana. It indicates a person who first sees their discrete self and begins to apply willpower for the ends of the self. You see it reflected in the toddler yelling “no!” in… Continue reading M is for Magician #Tarot #AtoZChallenge
Today I am going out of town for the weekend to visit with my mother, so I'm relying on some tarot essays for a number of my posts. Up for the letter L is Lovers. This is card six. The Lovers is a card about the relationship and union of opposites. In this card, we… Continue reading L is for Lovers #Tarot #AtoZChallenge
My husband and I used to have a cat named Hermes who didn't get high from catnip. He'd watch our other cats go crazy, licking up and rolling in the herb. He'd often give in and take a taste. Sometimes he'd even halfheartedly roll in it. Eventually he stopped trying and just watched the other… Continue reading K is for Kids and Why I Chose Not to Have Them
Suicidal Tulip 