Here’s what you look like in a Panamanian village with the Embera Tribe with no idea that you have a large tumor growing on the right side of your brain. I connected with this Mom and two sisters, we didn’t need language to know that we felt a connection. They gave me a bracelet […]
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Sunday, November 24
Today is Irene’s (mother-in-law) 88th birthday and tomorrow Maggie’s (first grandchild) 6th birthday. We are having a huge birthday celebration at our house serving a Thanksgiving dinner, with all the most delicious foods, since this year for Thanksgiving all of our married children will be with their in-laws. Joe, Alex and I will be heading […]
Monday, September 2
Rainbow in sky this morning It’s Monday morning and that mean tennis unless I am teaching. Today as I drove there, a beautiful rainbow was over the western sky. I took a picture while I was driving (never a good idea) but I really wanted to remember how the rainbow gave me hope. On Mondays […]
Saturday, August 31
Today, along with Cokie and Donna, I ran/walked 16 miles as I am training for the St. George Marathon in October. It was a beautiful morning, quickly warming up as we trudged along and I do mean trudged. As we are getting older with accumulated injuries and tired from all the goings on in our […]
Thursday, March 21
It is snowing outside my window and there is a large doe sitting under a snowy pine tree in our backyard. Now I know it is the second day of Spring but I am having a hard time believing it. Last week I was in the hot, hot sun in Palm Springs, walking in the […]
Tuesday, March 12
You know when you think back on your life and there are a few days that really stand out, not just because really great things happened on that day but because you did something that may have changed the course of your life. One of those days happened for me in the Spring of 1987. […]
Monday, February 18
I remember this day, two years ago, quite well. I had an appointment to meet with a plastic surgeon about reconstructive surgery when I got a call from my surgeon telling me that the type of cancer I had was Triple Negative. I had to be out the door quickly but I did a quick […]
The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin This is a great book to get on target with some of the things you want to accomplish. Great for someone who is trying to make new resolutions to de-clutter their closets and life. Much great information on how to strengthen relationships too. She does a lot of research […]
Friday, January 11
The snow fell all through the night and I awoke to 17 inches of really fluffy powder on my deck. It is gorgeous outside, white, cold and lovely. I look in my backyard and see trees bending to carry the extra weight , bowing lower and lower to the ground to compensate for this extra […]
Thursday, December 13
I go through phases with my post-cancer self where I feel strongly that my cancer is gone and that I’ll be around in 10 years and therefore I can dream and then at other times this sinking feeling creeps in and all my vulnerabilities seem to rise to the surface and I experience this feeling […]
Recipes
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Watercress, Pear, and Blue Cheese Salad
11 Jan 2013
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Herb-Rosemary Focaccia Loaves
11 Jan 2013
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Lori’s Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
11 Jan 2013
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Black Bean Soup
5 Jan 2013
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Patti’s Spring Greens Salad
24 Dec 2012
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