“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” — Henry David Thoreau On Sunday I went into the City to walk The High Line with friends. Somehow I must have missed it’s opening. I started to hear about it sometime last year, […]
My Son’s Latest Craze: Planking
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone Have you heard of the youtube phenomenon called planking? It’s my 13 year old son’s latest obsession. Apparently they run around the school and do group plankings, like […]
My 10 Coping Tools to Get Through My Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Lately I’ve been renewing friendships with people I haven’t seen in a few years, or just seeing people I haven’t seen since pre-BC (breast cancer), and one of the things that they often ask is “How did you manage to get through last year?” And I’ve actually been wondering the same thing lately, as I get […]
New York City After 9/11
The thing I most remember about life in New York City immediately after 9/11 was the immense absence of the Towers. New York is such a crowded city, every where you look is packed with buildings, people, activity. Every space is used up, there’s never any open unused area, especially downtown. What was so noticeable after […]
Recovery Milestones: Physical Therapy, Hair Regrowth, and Reestablishing Relationships
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” — Buddha It’s almost a […]
Happy 4th of July
“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” — Kahlil Gibran I guess it doesn’t get much more American than this – a night time baseball game on the 4th of July. We won. The sky was beautiful.