Headed to Bloomington, Indiana and this donut joint along the way wasn’t open. If it was? I would’ve picked up a few crullers.

This shot is from a week ago after CT scan #2, but I’ll skip ahead to today when I visited with my oncologist for the results. It marked our 15th anniversary of this thing and my doctor kicked off our time by asking, “How’s my greatest success story?” joking that he really hasn’t done anything [...]

Finally unpacking from California, found a little piece of a mountain in my luggage.

Also proud of the residents in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington who voted for equality of love and family.

Time for the yearly check-up. It’s a process. The results take a while to collect, and I’ve learned to roll with it. Focus on the moment. Stay occupied with projects enjoyable. Spend time with people you love and love you even when you’re annoying.

Celebrated Cathy’s birthday with barbeque and all the fixins, the best of which was the cooked cabbage. If you’d have asked a younger me if I would ever like or even desire cooked cabbage, I would’ve adamantly said NO. I should also mention, of my list of loathed foods: artichokes, olives, and dried coconut — [...]