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Chip It

I remember when Gary and I were broke. The night before Christmas, five minutes before closing, we headed into the Christmas tree lot to...

Top Ten Things I Learned from Kathy

1. It’s okay to call God Gertrude and to come to the glorious, scandalous, liberating, unCatholic realization that God might be a woman....

Cancer’s Other What If’s

Cancer brings a cycle of unwanted questions. Scary questions. Questions no one wants to ask. What if they can’t catch it? What if it...

What Every Fourth Grader Knows

Ask any fourth grader. Unfairness is what pisses people off. It’s not infuriating when no one gets candy. It’s infuriating when one...

Let's Not Be Frank

This week I heard a familiar voice on KQED Public Radio – one of my former tenants was being interviewed. I’ll call him Frank, but...

Cancer By the Numbers

A quick story, told in numbers.

Quiet, Please

It’s that time of year. I fly to the other side of the state, make my way to the hospital from the airport, and step into the...

Breast Cancer? Put It On Ice

A new technology called cryotherapy might help you avoid chemo.

The Blonde in the Waiting Room

It is the nature of serious illness to leave questions unanswered. The blonde in the waiting room is one of them.

Walking on Broken Glass

My family and I stopped to look at art this week. While we wandered around sculptures, someone smashed the window of our truck and stole...

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