Why Miss the Moment?

It’s never too late to start; it’s never too early to begin. One of my closest friends is living with terminal cancer. I selected the verb very consciously here, and “living” is exactly what I mean. As we… Read More

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 Posted on July 21, 2012 by

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One True Step: A Breast Cancer Journey

In 2002, one of my dearest friends was diagnosed with breast cancer. In her late thirties, with a wonderful spouse and two young sons, I watched as she navigated surgery, chemo and radiation, as so many women do…. Read More

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 Posted on February 10, 2011 by

 friendship, illness, reflection

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Hindsight: Why Stories Matter

Don’t we all wish we had the 20-20 vision of hindsight in the moment an event is unfolding? We would have all the insight that retrospection brings, without having to wait. I used to believe that if we… Read More

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 Posted on February 8, 2011 by

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there are sunsets and then there are sunsets . “soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.”— Jack Kerouac, On the Road . #ukiah #california #sunset #wine #toastthesunset #pause #canon #canonphotography #mendocinocounty
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