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May 1, 2022

Finding a pathway through the unknowable

I have breast cancer. How is that for an opening sentence after not writing anything beyond work assignments for almost a year? I have breast cancer and I have no idea what is next. …

Cancer

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Finding a pathway through the unknowable
Finding a pathway through the unknowable
Cancer

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Dec 3, 2019

The Life of the Party

Thirteen years ago this month, I was in charge of planning the holiday party for the company where I was working at the time. It was a small group, just under twenty employees with the usual festivities: drinks and small talk before a four-course meal in a dimly lit restaurant…

Addiction

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The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party
Addiction

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Jul 30, 2018

Welcome to Middle Age

I turned 45 today. My grandmother is 101. If I count on her genes, I’m still a good five years from the middle of my life. I remember an interview with physicist Brian Greene on RadioLab (at least I think it was Greene and he was on RadioLab — but…

Art

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Welcome to Middle Age
Welcome to Middle Age
Art

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·Aug 14, 2017

On Drinking and Dead Parents and Life on Other Planets

If I still drank, I would have last night. There was nothing noticeably different yesterday from all my other days. I woke in the morning and helped my husband get our second grader ready for school — my husband fixed our son’s breakfast while I laid out his clothes and…

Nonfiction

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On Drinking and Dead Parents and Life on Other Planets
On Drinking and Dead Parents and Life on Other Planets
Nonfiction

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