Show and tell

April 27, 2009

So, this is kinda Relay for Life, part 2. If you’re done reading about my cancer or about the Relay for Life walk-a-thon, it’s OK with me if you stop here. But the Relay for Life was one of those experiences that keeps on giving, so there’s a little more to share. Monday is the [...]

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Relaying for life

April 19, 2009

Yesterday, I went to the Relay for Life at UCLA. Typically, I donate money directly to the causes I especially care about, rather than participate in events. I have heard lots about the Relay from family and a good family friend who have done the Relay for years, and I donated money when I could [...]

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New normal, new body

April 13, 2009

A difficult part of life after cancer treatment has been getting used to my new body. The truth is that I’m not completely comfortable writing about this subject right now, so I am only going to outline the basics here. I do feel comfortable saying that it’s weird and complicated and that my body is [...]

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A life, scrapbooked

January 29, 2009

This week some workers at my school found a treasure trove of scrapbooks in a house that is due to be razed to make room for a new campus building. The house was left to our school in a will.  There is some sort of very involved story with the house … an alum of [...]

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Random things about myself

January 19, 2009

So, I got tagged in one of those notes in Facebook, and I don’t usually find time to play along and respond.  But I had one second this morning and did it and thought it was fun. 1) Come up with 25 things about you, it does not matter what you pick as long as [...]

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My girls have selected new names for themselves

December 2, 2008

My daughters’ names are of really special meaning to my husband and me.  Dinah’s name came from Louis Armstrong singing “Dinah, is there anyone finah, from the state of Carolinah, etc.”  There is also a much longer family story about Dinah’s name, but I’ll get into that another day. And Djuna’s name came from a romantic [...]

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Tears for Obama, tears for my girls

November 6, 2008

When I was a little girl, my mother used to tell me about the importance of equal rights for women.  I remember listening carefully but not completely understanding because it seemed, from my point of view as a kid in the 1970s, that women did have equal rights. I took it for granted and figured [...]

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Adieu, sweet prince

November 3, 2008

Today we said goodbye to a family friend, the beloved dog of one of my closest friends. Sweet Sam We don’t have a pet.  We had some fishies for awhile, but we found it impossible to keep the tank clean. That, and Mr. Hubs doesn’t like to read directions or signage, and he inadvertently got [...]

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Whazzat?! Whazzat?!

October 31, 2008

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Now, my family doesn’t believe in the Great Pumpkin, exactly, but we do love to watch the Peanuts cartoon about Linus and his undying faith in the Great Pumpkin.  (My favorite moment in all of cartoondom is when Linus is in the pumpkin patch keeping vigil for the appearance [...]

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Me and Obama, takin’ a walk

October 30, 2008

I was getting dressed for work, and my 5-year-old daughter came to me, holding a drawing. I asked her what it was of, and she said, “It’s me and Obama, takin’ a walk.” I looked at the drawing, and those curved legs and big smiles and said, “Yes, I can see that now.  Of course.  [...]

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