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Stability
Last night I went to the 50th Anniversary event for The Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at Saint John’s Abbey. It made me think about the Benedictine virtue of Stability. The room was full of wonderful people, many of whom … Continue reading
Posted in Benedictine monastery, poetry, religion, St. Joseph, the Farm
Tagged Benedict's Rule, Benedictine Oblates, Collegeville Institute
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Hard vs. Impossible
This spring is hard. But last spring during chemo was impossible. I’m always overwhelmed in the spring, although the self-talk helps me realize it is early and I can take it bed-by-bed until the garden is planted. Right now it’s … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food, garden, Greenhouse, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, growing food, ovarian cancer, remission
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First Signs of Plug Life
Prairie plants are not at all like vegetables. Vegetables need so much care and are so varied in the way they prefer to grow. Just ask my pepper and tomato plants, newly transplanted but brought back inside for one last … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Greenhouse, prairie
Tagged blazing star, greenhouse growing, lupine, prairie, prairie plugs
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micros and babies
On April 8, we ate our first salad of baby arugula from the greenhouse. I was planning on keeping it growing until Easter, but you have to cut it when it’s ready– arugula especially will get sharp. With some luck … Continue reading
Posted in food, garden, recipe
Tagged arugula, greenhouse gardening, microgreens, spring vegetables
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Chickens 2.0
March is an odd month. As it draws to a close, there are signs of new life and new horizons everywhere on the farm. It occurred to me yesterday that– “Hey, I didn’t go back to work!” I had meant … Continue reading
Posted in garden, Greenhouse, the Farm
Tagged Americauna, Blue-laced Wyandottes, chickens, greenhouse growing, oak
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On Time… More
I just finished reading Elizabeth Alexander’s wonderful memoir The Light of the World. Most people know Alexander as the poet who wrote/read the poem “Praise Song for the Day” at President Obama’s 2009 inauguration. I met Elizabeth only briefly, through the poet Kevin Young, when she … Continue reading
Posted in art, cancer, poetry, reviews
Tagged book review, Elizabeth Alexander, memoir, ovarian cancer, poetry, The Light of the World
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Slow Down
Am I still a blogger? It has been what, three weeks? More? In that time we’ve taken a trip to New York. I was determined to start looking for work on March 1, but instead work came to me, with … Continue reading
One Year Ago…
Facebook let me know that today was a big anniversary: one year from the official diagnosis. I decided to go back and read some of those early entries in the blog. The entries interested me much less than the comments … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, writing
Tagged cancer survivor, ovarian cancer, survivorship, trauma, writing about cancer
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“Margaret” by Kenneth Lonergan
Thursday night I was walking with my parents on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. A woman walking behind us wearing a fake fur and with very, very blond hair, was talking in a normal voice on her phone, and we heard … Continue reading
Posted in film, reviews
Tagged Anna Paquin, Chicago Theater, Lonergan, Lookingglass Theater, Margaret
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