Writer and Photographer
If you’re from the American South, you don’t need me to explain the word rurnt. But for the rest of ya’ll not subjected to the subtly intricacies of meaning and the pure molasses mouthed mutilation of the pronunciation of perfectly innocent words, let me explain. First …
So my daughter has decided to be vegan. REALLY? Okay, I get the whole “I don’t want to eat decaying flesh thing” but JESUS no animal products of any kind? Milk? Almond please…unsweetened. Cheese? Only the fake rubber stuff. Eggs? Okay, IF they come out …
When I saw this photo of my husband so cleverly manipulated by his dear friend and fellow artist, Anthony Mestas, I laughed my rear right off (only figuratively unfortunately). It is a perfect visual representation of how Dan felt on days two through four at …
In case you are just joining us on this blog adventure, my husband Dan was diagnosed with glioblastoma (brain cancer) in April 2013. Thus far we have been incredible lucky. Most people with glioblastoma do not make it very long. Not only has Dan survived, …
Last night my friend, Patty told me about a woman that was just diagnosed with brain cancer. My heart shattered as she unfolded this family’s monster sized challenge… four small children and a diagnosis of glioblastoma. In a matter of minutes I had dumped a …
Morrissey I don’t understand it. I can’t explain it. But it happened. Out of the blue, during spring break (God forbid!) I found myself neck deep in depression. I would have drank myself out of my depression but I was too depressed to drink. I …
I often think of death. Not death in general, but the death of my husband. It’s often stupid selfish things like, who will bring me tea in the morning? What will I do with all of his model kits of half-naked cyborg/ insect women? A …
When a surgeon plunders through your brain like an unorganized sock drawer, strange and terrifying things tend to happen. The only thing worse is if the surgeon plunders around only to realize that they can’t correct the problem. This is what happened to Brittany Maynard. …
Want to follow us as we take Dan on his dream trip to Italy? Then hop on board this crazy Euro train at www.colonnatour.blogspot.com! Below is the first entry to fill you in on what’s going on! Pack Your Bags! The Collected Dialogues of Plato. Religion …
