This afternoon, I met with Dr. Burt of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. I was so nervous my heart started racing. In recounting my medical history, I wound up in tears. Not out…

The world’s best hot chocolate, at The Chocolate Bar, Winchester, Virginia.     So I’m back home after a fabulous AND busy week down in Virginia with the BFF. I’ve now gone…

  Today is my close friend Randy’s birthday. I don’t think I even have the words to describe how cool he is. He’s like Manhattan cool, and not just because he worked…

    So I’ve been ghost around here for over a week. I’d say, “My bad”, but it’s not bad at all, so I won’t. I’m fine. I had some issues on…

    Want to have a little fun? Then try taking this quiz at Buzzfeed on whether a group of paintings were done by modern art painters or preschoolers. I love the…

      Hello, East of Edeners! Hope you had a great week. I did. I capped it off with more walk yesterday, doing over a mile, pushing Zoe in her little…

Zoe and Grandpa say their goodbyes.     My father-in-law, Keith, was with us most of the week, so I’ve been pretty busy. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t blog at…

  This is a picture of a horse drawn by my friend and nurse Melissa. It’s for her dad, who tells this joke like every time she sees him, and cracks up…

    Born and raised in Bangladesh, a country in southern Asia bordering India and Myanmar, Ilaf moved to the United States at 20 to attend college. After briefly attending a college…

            A week ago, I had surgery to implant a permacath into my chest. A surgeon made a tiny incision and carefully inserted it into my jugular…