Today I donated my wig from last years chemo days to a local group that refurbishes wigs for cancer patients going through chemo. With my sister Sue, in NYC, wearing my wig, towards the end of my chemo treatments. The wig has been meandering around my bedroom for a while. When I first stopped wearing […]
Aruba, Here We Come
“Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson I’m kind of embarrassed to say that we’re going on yet another vacation again this Saturday. This time we’re going to Aruba. It’s just been a plethora of vacations this year and given the snow we had last weekend, I’m so glad we’re […]
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
“The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.” — E.E. Cummings My 93 year old mother-in-law attributes the crazy weather we’ve been having lately to the NASA space program. “Ever since they sent those astronauts up there, things have been crazy around here, weather wise.” Her theory is that they did something […]
Lucky To Live in Hunterdon County
This morning I got up at 6:45 to take my daughter to her PSAT’s. How quickly these last 15 years have gone by, I can’t quite believe that she’ll be going to college in less than 3 years. But rather than dwell on that rather frightening thought, I decided to take advantage of being up […]
Dense Breasts – What You Should Know
“Personally I believe that clinicians should tell women if they have dense breasts, as the sensitivity of conventional screening methods is lower in these settings.” — Dr. Gary Lyman, Duke University Here’s another article on this whole dense breasts issue. Governor Jerry Brown of California just vetoed a bill that would have made it mandatory in […]
RIP Steve Jobs
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important […]