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First Frost Kitchen
The garden season this year has played out consistently. There has been a lot of growth, a fair amount of disease, and meager harvests. Only the poblano peppers (a plant I bought, didn’t start from seed) produced enough small peppers … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food, garden, recipe
Tagged chicken chili, crookneck squash, fall harvest, organic garden, peppers
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Elena Ferrante Revealed
In one of my early care packages, my friend Paula sent me all four of “the Neapolitan novels” by Elena Ferrante. The thousands of pages and sprawling story of a friendship between two women was both a wonderful goal and … Continue reading
Posted in art, reviews, writing
Tagged Anita Raja, author identity, Christa Wolf, Elena Ferrante, Italian Fiction, My Brilliant Friend, The Lost Daughter, Truth and Fiction
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Hope
My sister has been staying with me the past ten days as I recover from surgery (three weeks ago). It’s been a really great time of visiting and she has leant her strength where I don’t have it. She has … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, film
Tagged CA-125, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, hope, Mychal Judge, ovarian cancer, sand hill cranes, shawshank redemption
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Waves
By any measure, my healing and recovery and just plain old stamina through these cancer treatments has been great. Above average. Stunning even. These past two weeks since the surgery have been quiet, monitoring my body and kind of keeping … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food
Tagged cancer treatment, debunking, ovarian cancer, surgery recovery
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Pathology
This week we waited for the pathology report to come in from the tissue that was removed and sampled during surgery. I wasn’t worried. In fact, I was more focused on healing from the surgery. The pathology report wouldn’t affect … Continue reading
Hospital Recovery, Part 1: nuts and bolts
Hello from the other side of surgery. All went well. The surgeon described it as the “best case scenario,” both when she opened me up and went exploring for cancer and also in terms of the surgery itself. I came … Continue reading
Anxiety Dreams
Tomorrow afternoon we leave for the hotel near the hospital. I have waited for the surgery for an extra three weeks beyond what I was willing to wait– one more thing more or less out of my control. I know … Continue reading
Posted in art, cancer
Tagged art and surgery, Chuck Close, debulking surgery, dreams, ovarian cancer
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Blemished
I am still in the state where everything is about cancer. It’s like people say that you don’t remember hearing anything about x, y, z (usually a disease) until you or a loved one gets it. Then suddenly every news story … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, garden
Tagged cancer surgery, canning tomatoes, ovarian cancer, potatoes, tomatoes
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August
It has been a beautiful August. Just like June and July. The prairie behind our house was burned very late in the season, so it is behind– or it is just different than the other prairie. The river of blue … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food, garden
Tagged canning tomatoes, garlic harvest, life after chemotherapy, organic gardening, ovarian cancer
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