Updates from Limbo – Decision Made
As my colectomy surgery date approaches, I deal with a pre-surgery limbo and also make my final decision on whether to undergo a prophylactic oophorectomy.
Daily Life
A Visitation (All the Woo-Woo, #1)
“You had a visitor during your treatment.” (my friend C_, who sometimes see things that other people can’t) A few years ago, for a scripted project, I read several books about research on reincarnation and near death experiences. There are a number of reports that make it seem likely that there is life beyond our … Read more
Is it Time to Kondo My Ovaries?
Guess what? I have a date for my surgery—April 7! It’s a little more in the future than we’d originally envisioned, by about a month. Which gives me some time to do what I do best… over-think it! Part of the reason for the delayed date is that is that we needed to find an … Read more
Argentina (Part 3) Despair and Joy
My friend who hiked the Pacific Coast Trail, made this lovely short video about her experience and it fits right into the conversation I’ve been having with myself about trips versus vacations. In the video, J_ talks about how people think of a long hike as “an extended vacation in the mountains surrounded by the … Read more
Argentina (Part 2) – Birthday in Bahia Blanca
BIRTHDAY TRIP TO BAHIA BLANCA Once A and I arrived in Buenos Aires, we needed to get to my ASR “magical birthday spot,” Bahia Blanca, a small city south of Buenos Aires. It takes about eight-hours to travel to Bahia Blanca by car, or just over an hour by plane. We chose the plane. Planes … Read more
Argentina – (Part 1) It Was a Trip
I’ve been remiss in reporting about my Argentina trip. Upon my return, a friend, S, (who also does an annual ASR trip) asked me how it was. I replied, “Good, but not relaxing.” She responded, “It’s an ASR trip. It’s not really the point for it to be relaxing.” Her response made me think. Other … Read more
2021 Year End Recap
Things to be grateful for this (and every!) year: For the warm snoring bodies of the people we love next to us in the bed. For daily walks past people’s yards landscaped with strange desert flowers. For breathing clean air. For rainy days and cars that run. For creative impulses, and the time and ability … Read more
Why I’m Writing This on a Plane to Argentina
Dec 5, 2021 Wait, you’re probably thinking, Is she “literally” on a plan to Argentina, or is this going to be one of those posts where “flying to Argentina” is some weird metaphor? The answer is I am typing this on an American Airlines flight that just took off from Dallas Fort Worth, and in … Read more
Writing Update: August/September/October
WRITING My top three projects for August/September/October (as measured in hours devoted) were: A VERY PEARTREE CHRISTMAS – horror rom-com spec feature (with Paul Seetachitt) Christmas-resistant journalist is sent to the town of PearTree to cover their annual Twelve Days of Christmas Festival only to discover that a series of gruesome “accidents” occurring during the festivities … Read more
Maintenance Sucks… and It’s a Privilege
Sometimes I get really disheartened because I have to do so much side-hustling while the “real job” of being a writer — the job that I’m am trained at, good at and want to do — feels like a shell game. I keep doing the work, but the target is always moving and it never seems to … Read more