This is number 11 in a series. If you want to read this series from the beginning, scroll down to number 1. At the moment, it’s early Monday morning, and I’m back on the pills that make me feel freezing cold and shaky. That’s how those pills work: three weeks on, one week off. And…

This is the 10th in a series. If you want to read the whole series, scroll down to number 1. Yeah, yeah. I know. It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post. And part of that has been because I’ve been enormously tired. But part of it has been that I haven’t…

This is number 9 in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, scroll down to number 1. It is Sunday, and because it is Sunday, I am giving myself a stab at writing thus blog. When I first started looking into the realities of what I was about to go through, I…

This is part 8 in a series of posts. If you want to read the whole series, scroll down until you get to 1. One of the worst things about January and February of this year, when I was sick with more than the cancer, was that I couldn’t read, pretty much at all. I…

This is number 7 in a series. If you want to read the entire series, scroll down until you reach number 1. For several years after Bill died, I taught part time in a program designed to prepare students from very bad high schools to handle college work, and therefore—at least theoretically—make it possible for…

This is number 6 in a series. If you want to read the whole thing, scroll down until you get to number 1, There is a sweet little single panel cartoon that gets shared a lot on Facebook. There is a little dog, maybe a Scottie, walking off through the clouds side by side with…

This is number 5 in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, scroll down until you find number 1. I am having a very odd day. A little while ago, I posted a status on Facebook that went like this: “Somebody should send me 3 extra large pizzas, 3 orders of garlic…

This is the 4th in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, scroll down until you get to number 1. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought this blog post was going to be about  my bucket list—once I figured out what was supposed to be on it. For some…

This is part 3 in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, scroll down. It’s Sunday, and traditionally on Sunday I have a Day of Rest. I listen to my favorite music on the planet—a two CD set called Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, by the Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze director, with…

This is Part 2 in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, scroll down. It’s taken a few days to get to this, and that may happen again over time. I have a regular routine, and now that I’m out of the hospital and physical rehab, I’m trying to stick to it.…