My Left Breast

Tonight I back-washed and vacuumed our in-ground pool all by myself. I know, it may not sound like that big of a deal to all of you, but let me tell you, vacuuming a pool after a bilateral mastectomy is no small feat.  To vacuum a pool you need to use your chest muscles to […]

Be forewarned:  This is a breast cancer rant. I don’t usually give in to the level of fear and obsession I’ve been feeling lately, but I want to get it out and onto paper so that I can move on. I think about cancer every day.  I worry that I’ll have a recurrence every day. […]

On Saturday we watched the 2014 Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.  It was filled with a gold mine of icons from my youth like Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, Hall & Oates, The E Street Band and Nirvana.  OK, so Kiss was also inducted, but I’ve never been too big on […]

RIP, Maya Angelou.  Your words are so beautiful and raw and powerful and honest. Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?  Why are you beset with gloom?  ‘Cause […]

This Friday I went with friends to “Mansions in May” at Blairsden House in Peapack Gladstone, New Jersey.  This huge mansion is tucked away in the hills, far from view, not even visible from the nearby town. Blairsden is a 62,000 square foot Beaux-Arts home (yikes, can you believe one family lived in a place […]