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Six Surprising Ways to Heal Illness
Yesterday, I visited with a young couple. The young man has undergone six rounds of chemotherapy and will soon start on another round of six ‘treatments.’ I single quote that word because chemotherapy...
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Art As Poetry
This painting, by Simon Silva, has been in my home for 15 years. I’ve passed by it hundreds of times. It wasn’t until last night that I sat down and recalled why I bought it in the first place. The......
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When Stress Gets To You
If I could choose 10 days to give back to time, I’d choose the last ten. Between my usual six month cancer checkup (to see if I’m still in remission or not), a relationship ending, and my brother in...
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My Five Reasons to Celebrate
Spring has sprung and flung the blanket of gloom from my shoulders. I’m excited! If you’ve followed my posts, you know that I’ve been in the valley with some serious family problems, relationship...
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Empowerment through Poetry
Lately thoughts of cancer have floated through my mind. The word is still with a lowercase ‘c’, but it’s there, in my daily life. I’ve learned to not stuff disturbing thoughts down into my body or...
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Love, Cupid – Poem
Dear Human, I must tell you there are not enough arrows for those looking for Eros and more than enough that missed their mark discarded by one or the other, or both * I must ration my arrows,...
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Don’t Meltdown When You Feel Like Giving Up
Have you ever had months or weeks when you just want to throw up your hands and give up? One of those weeks when not much made sense, you asked ‘why?’ and the gloomy clouds outside matched your mood?...
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How Love Trumps Hate – A Poem and Photograph
Alchemy is an ancient practice shrouded in mystery. Its practitioners sought to turn lead into gold through a purification process involving heat. The word “transformation” is a synonym for alchemy....
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How To Live Before You Die
The last week was a blur. I attended the Association of Writing Professionals (AWP) 43rd conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center with three of my writing group sisters. The week of...
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In preparation for our Thanksgiving gathering, we moved the living room sofa out, rearranged the coffee table and other stuff and fit in three tables so we could be all together in one room. Halloween...
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