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The Weight
When chemotherapy knocked out my desire and the taste for alcohol, many carbohydrates, and sugar, particularly chocolate, several women on both sides of my family said: “Oh, you’re going to lose weight!” This is, for middle aged women, an unqualified good result, … Continue reading
Posted in cancer
Tagged aging, breast cancer, chemotherapy and weight loss, ovarian cancer, women's bodies
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Dancing on the Ceiling
I’m sitting in my room in treatment and just finished watching Fred Astaire dance on the walls and ceiling of his hotel rom in Royal Wedding. It is not the first time I’ve seen this number. I’ve seen it dozens of times. … Continue reading
Inventory
Perhaps when one is choosing what to let go of and what to hold onto, one should not hold onto something that is dependent on the weather. I’m scaling back my garden plans. Friday it got up to nearly 90 degrees, and … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, garden
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Pot
When you have cancer, people will talk to you about marijuana. Pretty much right away. A lot of people (I suppose this depends on the circles in which you travel, but still, I’ve been surprised by who and how many). There … Continue reading
This Year’s Garden
This week marked a turning point for me in terms of fatigue. The real low point was marked by my inability to make a meal on Thursday. I haven’t been keeping up with the grocery shopping, and sending others out with … Continue reading
Fertility
A new painting came to live with me yesterday. As Sophia said, time to get the winter painting out and get something green in the room. She walked it across the commons in the morning and we set it up on … Continue reading
Posted in art, cancer, poetry, the Farm
Tagged art and healing, burning the prairie, ovarian cancer, paintings, Sophia Heymans
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First Harvest
These girls have figured out where I live. Last year they never got this close to the house, but I made the mistake of going out and feeding them sunflower seeds. And they figured out where I take the bag … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, chickens, growing asparagus, spring produce in Minnesota
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The Numbers Game
The most terrifying part of the ovarian cancer diagnosis for me has been the numbers. There are many numbers. It begins with staging. I knew what stage 4 meant as a number, though not why, and when Steve asked, it was … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, writing
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Somali Scarf Shopping
I came back from my trip to warm temps, greener grass, and full-throated frogs in the wetlands. And that means I need to move from my winter hats and think about lighter headwear for summer. I tell you, I am … Continue reading