Cancer feels like it has so many finish lines and milestones – and each one opens up a whole range of feelings. Tomorrow will be my last day as someone with a port. I though this procedure would feel like an afterthought – but it’s actually hitting a nerve. I was speaking about this today …
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Writing hack: setting an intention
This isn’t a hack I’ve experimented yet – rather something that might be a really good idea, and I wanted to capture it while it’s fresh. Today, I did an online yoga video where the instructor encouraged us at the beginning of the practice to set an intention. She explained that this served as a …
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To Find A Better Solution, Ask A Better Question by Hal Gregersen (From Medium) “Today, as I sit in the midst of MIT’s buzzing hive of innovators, I see plenty of people arriving at and articulating questions with the same power to excite the imagination and engage other clever people’s efforts. For the moment, I’ll …
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How to Live in the Face of Fear: Lessons From a Cancer Survivor – an interview with Kate Bowler by Elizabeth Dias (from the NYT) “There was a rhythm I got into with cancer that has served me well right now. Every day sort of has an arc to it. There’s a limited amount that …
Chrestomathy
Everything familiarOnce started As something foreign. We nibble atThe unknown,Chew and digestEach tiny bite. And gradually the tasteOf something strangeOr unpalatableBecomes somethingThat we crave. There was a timeWhen the thingsThat you love mostWere crypticAnd befuddling.Can you remember? Take a momentTo be gratefulTo the onesWho packaged experienceInto delectable parcelsTeasing us with the promiseOf bigger mysteries. Reading …
Insomnia companion, part 3: falling
If you can’t fall asleepWhere can you fall instead? Can you fall under the spellOf your own sleeplessness?Can you fall in loveWith some tiny traceOf beauty in the worldYou had never thought to notice? Can you feel the sensation in your bodyOf falling?Do you feel scared?Do you feel elated? There are places in our livesWhere …