June 2010
13
Focus on the Breast
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Okay – here goes the ubiquitous cancer blog I said I wouldn’t write. I suppose it was inevitable. Last November I had a breast tumor removed which turned out to be a rare kind of
January 2010
29
LOVING WALDO AND HIS TURDS
I don’t think we need criminal behavior or sex scandals to ruin people’s reputation. All we have to do is tape them in their homes alone with their pets. Just now I was talking to
October 2009
02
HORNED-TOADS AGAINST THE HEART
Frank is a 29 year old Navajo man who’s dying of AIDS. I spend time with him several days a week at the near by hospital. It’s part of my volunteer work, and I’ve been
June 2009
27
School’s Out for Summer
I had a student last term who for a week sat in the first row spitting diseased mucus into an empty Dr. Pepper bottle. This was my first class of the day, 9 am. He
April 2009
05
April is the Cruelest Month
My son died nine years ago, April 9. There’s some nine thing going on (this also being 2009). I’m not doing very well.
January 2009
14
Finding What You Weren’t Looking For: Where Research Leads the Writer
There’s only one column left of Hera’s temple in Crotone, Italy. To get to it, you walk through a park that has a fraction of the olive trees that once grew in the