Last Thursday I went for a run. I had to. It was such a beautiful day here - 80 degrees and sunny with a breeze. I mean, that's great weather at ANY time but right smack at the end of winter and just a mere 4 days after a big SNOWSTORM and man, that made for a good day. There is a trail near our...

Know what I hate? I hate working out and then going outside when it is cold. I hate that feeling of being hot and sweating and then instantly freezing. Yeeee … I shivered just thinking about it. Miserable. And lately it's been really cold here. Like hurt deep down in your tushie cold. And the norm...

The phone rings. You open an email. You sit at lunch with a friend. Wherever it happens, someone tells you they have cancer. Cancer. What a suck-fest. You, of course, are stunned. You, probably, are scared. You, understandably, have exactly NO idea what to do. So, for some reason, you email me. And ...

Today is the day we knew for sure I had cancer.   Wait… not TODAY today … I mean two years ago today.  Today is the anniversary of the diagnosis. It's a significant day. Much like a wedding or birthday .. only without the cake.  Come to think of it, we did have cake that day two years ago. ...

My mom and dad did a fair amount of socializing when I was growing up.  Groups of people would sometimes come to the house and we would “entertainâ€�.  We had friends we saw every other weekend during bowling league season.  And we had close friends that would have us over for dinne...

I have mixed feelings about mile markers. I went to college about 78 miles from my home.  Give or take.  My senior year of college I left campus a lot and came home nearly every weekend.  I was dating a boy back home and so each Friday I’d pack up, jump in the Cutlass Ciera and hit ...

I don't often send you away to read something else.  I guess I feel like once I have you here, I want to keep you all to my little ole self.  I'm greedy that way. But today, I'd really like you to read this article.  Not just because it talks about cancer patients (although I will adm...

This week we won a victory in our fight against Camel No. 9! R.J.Reynolds announced that they're temporarily suspending all print advertising -- including magazine ads. While they claim that this was a business decision, we find it hard to believe that it has nothing to do with the outrage and prote...