My darling 8 year old is having a pyogenic granuloma removed this week in the office of a very friendly pediatric dermatologist who wears a Sponge-Bob tie and a little beaded name-tag that says “Dr. Joe”. She was too teary and frightened to have it removed last week when we first saw Dr. Joe. [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Challenge of this week: red bump.
Posted in kids on March 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Life just goes on
Posted in death on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been feeling sorry for myself today. I have a terrible headache, the kind that makes me want to puncture my skull to release the pressure; the kind that lasts three days. Our wood-pecker, I’m calling him Woody, was back this morning. He is marking his territory on our roof each morning at 7:20 am [...]
I’m getting old, and the world is getting smaller.
Posted in ageing on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Since having met Alex Waterhouse-Hayward, I have been going back and reading the archives of his daily blog posts. He is a great writer, and he has met and photographed a lot of very interesting people. Last night while reading the blog I was delighted to find an old high school friend [...]
Couch Time
Posted in blogging, cancer, family on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m catching-up on Scrubs (Season Six) via DVD. It is a great show, and the girls like it too. I think most of the adult content goes over their heads. This is my favourite scene so far this season, and of course it is on YouTube:
I am starting [...]
Privacy, heliotrope, and me
Posted in blogging, poetry, spring, summer on March 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Archive Digging_1
Originally uploaded by Mr. Greenjeans
Today I had a busy day, but I am grateful for some insight I gained by talking with a good friend. I will share this with you; it may seem obvious to some, but to others, like me, a reminder is often needed. Basically, I have [...]
Once
Posted in movies., music, tagged DVD, Hansard, movie, music, Once on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
They strapped me down and forced me to watch it. No, not really. I have been dying to see Once, and my friend owns a copy. She brought it over today and I watched it tonight. It is a great movie — a modern musical. The soundtrack has been in [...]
Fever melts my brain, and I attempt to stop ranting.
Posted in blogging, family, kids, spring on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been taken-over with a spring fever. I’ve decided to take all my energy generated by the fever to write a poem in seven parts. I will mail it to my oldest friend Sue, the award-winning poet, and she will read it, and mail back to me advice, I hope. [...]
Coming Out
Posted in blogging on March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I quit cello lessons, I began taking ballet lessons. I from age 8 to 15 I studied under Soonee Lee, sister to Choo San Goh, at the Vancouver Academy of Music. I knew I did not want to become a professional dancer, and my body-type prohibited such fantasies, but I loved to [...]
Flickr memories
Posted in cancer, family, kids, tagged family, flickr, kids, memories on March 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love looking back at pictures of my kids when they were younger.
Here are some great photos of the girls and I on our front steps, summer 2006.
The girls and I are very close, and have become even more close since DKM got sick last year. We are a team. I know that [...]
Be still my heart. . .
Posted in blogging, tagged men in kilts on March 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Aye. Just when you thought life was getting boring, you drive by this van. The men inside were strapping. I’m not sure if they were wearing undies under their kilts, but maybe some day I’ll have them come and clean my gutters. Men In Kilts.
