- Feb 10, 2020
The cause of death is birth
Why do we have this great thirst to live, anyway? Buddhism says, the cause of death is birth.
- Feb 4, 2020
Whining and ice cream
After the second month of chemo, I’m aware of the tired toll; but I circle back to how fortunate I've been.
- Jan 9, 2020
The power of choice
Turning my thoughts toward dying is new. If I have a choice, how do I want that to go?
- Jan 5, 2020
Hair today, gone tomorrow
I’m having one more new experience: baldness.
- Dec 21, 2019
Act your age
There’s a "women’s" magazine that features fashion and accessory recommendations every month for women by decade: what to wear in your...
- Dec 2, 2019
Drafted into the war on cancer
Cancer is war, ‘months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror.’
- Nov 22, 2019
Seed corn must not be ground
Käthe Kollowitz used her fierce talent to tell the truth about the moral tragedies of her time and place—about the terrible price we pay for
- Oct 31, 2019
A day for something frightening
On halloween, I met for the first time with my oncologist.
- Oct 6, 2019
Spotting age spots
True story: I’m walking down the road in my old neighborhood with my boss and a new client, begging forgiveness for my messy house. Then...
- Sep 11, 2019
Perspectives on a work in progress
Exploring theories of quantum mechanics 100 years ago, physicists struggled with the particle vs. wave paradox. Niels Bohr proposed the prin