Julie and Julia

Yesterday was Mike’s birthday.  He turned 51.  To celebrate, we drove to Portland, in the rain, checked into a hotel, ate BBQ pulled-pork sandwiches at the hotel for free, then watched Julie and Julia.   His pick.  But he was just being nice to me.  But he liked it!  And so did I.  Merryl Streep [...]

Going Home

After 60 days of being somewhere else, either a hotel room, a hospital room, a friend’s or relative’s house, I’m headed home. For a little more than a week now, I’ve said “I’m heading home on Saturday.”  Or “I’m going home on the 19th.”  It wasn’t until I tried to write out the date, 9/19/09 that [...]

Universal Health Care

I’ve held off commenting on Universal Health Care and the Public Option.   Some of my friends have commented that because of my recent hospitalization and medical care, I am in a unique position to comment on the need for change.  Or not.  So let me set the record straight. We need change. I received [...]

Perseverance and Patience

Zoom Originally uploaded by dorkodog My friend Anna Q is in the 2nd or 3rd grade. I can’t remember which. She likes to play basketball, but isn’t that good at it. Still, she runs up and down the court and tries to make baskets and puts her hands in the air to block her opponent’s [...]

The threat of cancer.

The oncology surgeon says it’s 60/40 in favor of cancer.  It’s not the odds I wanted, but it’s what he thinks.   It’s hard to describe what I’m feeling.  We have no certainty.  Just probability and odds and expert surmises.  We know for certain something is wrong; we know it’s size, it’s location, it’s presence. [...]