July 4, 2012. Exactly four years ago today I started this blog. Which makes this what some people call my fourth blogiversary. I couldn’t let this day pass without some notice of that since there are very few things I’ve stuck to for this long. I started on July 4 for a very specific reason; […]
The strength of survivors
I never signed up for this…..and one of the major items on that list was cancer. So you’d think—and I certainly thought—if I was fortunate enough to survive, the last thing I’d want for the rest of my life was to have anything to do with cancer ever again. I never would have imagined […]
Nora Ephron
I didn’t know her, but it feels like I’ve lost a treasured friend of a lifetime. We all do—there’s an eruption of emotion all over the internet —with a breadth and depth that might have surprised Nora Ephron herself. I didn’t plan to add to that by writing about her; but I can’t stop thinking […]
The "art" of social media
It’s impossible to take a bad picture of a Carmel sunset. The iPhone is now part of the ritual along Carmel beach. It can get obsessive; so I try to limit how many I share. And with all due respect to the power of Facebook, can you really share the beauty of a sunset via the internet? Much […]
Cancer Survivors: a community of climbers
Cancer is complicated. There could be no more poignant example than Robin Roberts. Her situation illustrates that being a survivor can be complicated too—confounding, confronting, and confusing. Even starting with the word itself. It can be confusing to know exactly what is meant by cancer “survivor.” So for the first time in the 18 […]
Memory loss? 10 Questions for the forgetful
From the reaction to my recent posts on losing misplacing things, it seems as if many of us are in the same boat. And it’s leaking fast. Just as a reality check, I thought I’d share a little quiz to see if you should worry about memory loss. 10 Questions to test your […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- …
- 113
- Next Page »