I have been up since 4:40 am. I have been awake because although I have had the holiday cards stacked on the bookshelf since December 7, I cannot get the address labels to print and I have not had time to hand-write them. I left a gift for my niece Greta in my Amazon shopping … Continue reading Whose holiday is it, anyway?
Month: December 2012
Tell me a story. Yours.
“I could not stop talking because now that I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us. ” ~Chris Cleave, Little Bee I guess it is the time of year, rich with tales of journey and mystery in practically … Continue reading Tell me a story. Yours.
ATLAS, shrug
I could feel the collective dread starting even before the data were released yesterday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The breaking news involved tamoxifen, both savior and nemesis for many women whose breast cancer is—or was—sensitive to estrogen. It has long been known that, taken for five years, tamoxifen does a great job … Continue reading ATLAS, shrug
It's Complicated
My ex has been in the news this week, showing up in journal articles and editorials. My ex is named Statistics, and our on-again, off-again relationship is still a little raw. We used to be together, and we sometimes still see each other socially and professionally. In Facebook parlance, “It’s complicated.” We met at my … Continue reading It's Complicated
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