Skip to content

The Art of Cancer Blog

  • About
  • Blog
  • My Pals
  • Contact

Tag: Picasso

Prescription: Paris

January 26, 2017February 8, 20179 Comments

I'm back home from Paris, healthy and overflowing with gratitude. It's a long way from The Lancaster Hotel on Rue de Barri to room 55 at MD Anderson's Mayes Clinic, but I'm fortunate to have access to both. Despite an ATM machine eating my bank card half-way through the trip, the experience exceeded my expectations - which … Continue reading Prescription: Paris

A Dogged Friendship

January 13, 2017February 8, 20173 Comments

Twenty-nine years ago at Southern Methodist University, I moved into MacElvaney Dorm's third floor corner room, next to the RA and across from Susan Yaksick. Over the following three decades, Susan and I roomed together twice more and this week, we shared a room once again - at MD Anderson. Susan drove in from Austin and spent the night … Continue reading A Dogged Friendship

First Steps

November 15, 2016February 8, 20176 Comments

Today was my inaugural day at MD Anderson and my first disappointment came early. I purchased the most fabulous gold "chemo shoes" to cheer me up while poison drips into my veins, but was so strung out this morning that I forgot to wear them. Instead, I wore the black Vans-like pair I threw on … Continue reading First Steps

Search

Recent Posts

  • A Circuitous Path
  • Attributes of Cancer
  • Getting My Bell Rung
  • Sorrowing & Soaring
  • Soak-Stained Weeks

Archives

  • September 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
Website Built with WordPress.com.
Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×