What do you do when you're an adventurous homebody? This.
I feel as though I owe my readers an explanation. After all the hullabaloo and rigmarole in preparation of living in my tiny trailer, it only lasted 5 months. I spent two months living in the trailer here in Arizona to work out the kinks before spending three months on the road. I travelled …
Continue reading What’s She Doing Now?! (hint: NOT full-time RVing)
Recently, I had the honor of participating in A 2nd Act: Survivors Take the Stage. You'll hear me say, "We all have a story to tell and being vulnerable enough to bare our souls so we can be fully embraced and understood, is one of the most beautiful experiences in life." This was truly a …
I’m sorry I’ve been absent from my blog this past month. I’ve been quietly processing and reflecting. I was in survival mode for a long time, reacting by bobbing left and right to the punches being thrown. Sharing via this blog has been a way for me to hopefully help others that might relate to …
I’ve been counting, and I’ve made it all the way to 110. *** 30: one month done and I can do out-patient chemo now. 50: almost half way there. 70: that’s more than half way! 100: oh. my. gosh. I made it to 100…. you get the idea. At the end of each infusion, …
9 days in… The black tank is full! Don’t ask me how I know. I check the manual for instructions on how to empty it. Page 56 - Waste Water System Steps 1-4: Hook up hose. Easy peasy. Feeling good. Step 5: Open the black tank termination valve and drain. Open valve. Sounds easy. Hmm… …
I create. It’s who I am. I’m most content when I’m sitting at my computer editing images, or spreading watercolor paints on paper and watching the colors meld, or drawing with charcoal pencils, smearing and feathering the shadows with my fingers. It’s my own wonderful form of meditation; time has no meaning, sounds fade away, …
Don’t read this post if you don’t want to hear about female medical issues and yucky procedures. What you’re about to read makes even me squeamish. Why share such a personal experience? Well, you never know who might be helped by this information. Especially since much of it reads like a list of what NOT …
I’ve been wondering how I’m going to journey down the road when my chemo infusions are finished late June. My initial understanding was that I’d progress through 3 stages of treatment: Induction – 1 month in hospital with initial chemo treatments to work towards remission. Consolidation – 8 months out patient chemo infusions at cancer …
I sit in front of the bathroom mirror and speak out loud to the aging woman looking back at me. “This is your last night as 48. You'll never be this age again and tomorrow you put this year behind you.” I pause. Thinning hair, a puffy face, and dark circles under my eyes mean …
Last year I did a lot of light painting with long exposure images. I did both night photography outside, as well as setting up a dark room with my subject - some sort of still life. While the shutter was open (from 10-30 seconds) I then 'painted' the light on the area I wanted highlighted …
