Just Life

Better Day

May 26, 2006

It’s Friday night, and my heart is doing a modest dance of joy—Mom is home from the hospital, finally. We did the intake interview with hospice this afternoon, a lot of which was a repeat of the meeting we had earlier in the week; I found myself a little impatient at their chattiness, but I [...]

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Today’s Reading

May 24, 2006

This little piece really struck a chord yesterday. I was reading something else earlier, which said something to the effect that when you lose a loved one, you mourn not so much the person lost, but the loss of a loving mirror on your own life. As I work through the whole gymnastics routine, practicing [...]

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Turning the Corner

May 22, 2006

So, the wait is over. And the results are what we feared—the cancer remains active, and remission (and therefore the transplant) is no longer possible. It’s taken me a week to write these words; right now I’m sitting in my parents’ living room listening to Dad fill in my brother on the daily “how’s Mom” [...]

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Tom Petty Was Right

May 5, 2006

I haven’t written yet about my mom’s battle with cancer, for a lot of reasons—mostly the ones you’d expect. It’s painful to think about, treatment is still in progress, it’s very personal for me, for her, and for our family, and I’m not really even sure what I want to say about it. But here [...]

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Mellow Time

December 18, 2005

Shopping bonanza this weekend—Cost Plus is my friend, and the feeling is mutual if judged by the rate of money exchange and delighted exclamation. Found lots of small bottles for alcoholic gifties (we’ve been busy brewing liqueurs all Fall, and have just gotten around to straining same for consumption). Also hit La Villa for crack [...]

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Looking Back..

December 11, 2005

…at my last entry (before last night), I see I had promised updates and photos from the great Scooter Rally. Sadly, these are not to be, due to events of that day. Briefly put, I had a great ride up the Peninsula to S.F., and then, about 45 minutes into the rally, popped an unfortunate [...]

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Time Keeps on Slippin’

December 11, 2005

So it’s true…time keeps getting away from me here. I have grand plans for a redesign, additions, ambitions to write more, and somehow the energies get turned in other directions. In the interest of putting something up, however, I can at least link to where most of the action is these days: del.icio.us links Flickr [...]

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New Adventure

August 12, 2005

So, I haven’t written much about the scooter. That’s because up until fairly recently, it had been sitting in the driveway waiting for better weather. But it’s been summer for a few months now, my commute is short, and after some more practice, I’ve been feeling more confident in my riding ability. I also took [...]

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New Content for Web People

July 19, 2005

Because LizSpeaks is always complaining I never update my site (not that she’s wrong): What is your occupation? Content Architect, aka “Mr. Brady” What color is your underwear? Today? Stripey What are you listening to right now? Crickets outside my house What was the last thing you ate? Zucchini fritters (dinner) & strawberries (dessert) Do [...]

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Still Recovering

November 9, 2004

So, it’s been a week, and W. is still my president. I guess there’s something to be said for not having a drawn-out legal brouhaha this time, but it doesn’t leave me any less depressed or less scared. There are now 11 states who have decided, in their infinite wisdom, that my civil rights are [...]

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