choosing the questions to ask

Hello dear folk, Val’s feeling fairly well today, although the usual post-chemo stuff is starting up.  Her digestion’s a bit wacked out; the steroids make her face reddish and puffy and wake her up early; that sort of thing.  She notes that each chemo cycle it seems that the effects Continue Reading

Nourishing Val (and the rest of us too)

Dearies, the excellent Miz Liz has tracked down some more nutrition specifics for anyone who wants guidance in helping Val eat really healthfully (or indeed, do so yourself). This info supplements the nutrition info in an earlier post. Val’s old friend Amy also pointed us to the CTCA site (Cancer Continue Reading

Tumult and Joy

I don’t understand this life right now. This morning I am walking and walking at 1000 acres with Cynthia and the dog. And then we get lost. Every trail is a riverbed and every culdesac is a homeless person’s tent. The beautiful cottonwoods are telegraphs from my youth in Montana. Continue Reading