Deb Baer Becker
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | writer |
| Location | An American woman living in Texas, United States |
| Introduction | I started this blog in 2009 when I was diagnosed with lobular invasive breast cancer, stage IIB, with one affected lymph node. Treatment included chemo-therapy, double mastectomy with reconstruction, radiation, and the adjuvant therapy drugs, first Tamoxifen and now Exesmestane, which I call the Bitch Pill. Writing this blog helped me make sense out of the chaos of cancer diagnosis and treatment, and find a bit of humor within the suffering. Five years later, I find that survivorship has its own challenges and triumphs. We're all survivors of something, or maybe many things. I hope that my blog posts translate help to anyone who finds herself knotted up in this great adventure we call Life. This is my intention. I've been a columnist for WOMAN Newspapers since 2008. http://www.womannewspapers.com/ Check it out. |
| Interests | Advocates for women's breast health. Reads books of nonfiction. Fan of short story fiction writing, women's writing, writing about sense of place and the preservation of wild places, and children's and animals' rights. Aviation fan. Air Force veteran. Loves Jazzercise. |
| Favorite Movies | Most recently, Tammy (<3 Melissa McCarthy); but also, The Hunger Games; Hope Springs; A River Runs Through It; Walk the Line; Thelma and Louise; Bullet; The English Patient; Legally Blonde (it's like eating Cheetos); Moonstruck. |
| Favorite Music | Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Queen, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, MJ, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Ricky Lee Jones, Jewel, Johnny Cash, Elvis, the Castaways, a band that used to play the King's Den FWB, FL in the 80's. That said, I'll dance to anything. |
| Favorite Books | Authors: Erma Bombeck, David Sedaris, Bill Bryson, Pam Houston, Mike Magnuson, Tom Wayman, Ron Carlson, Rick Bass, Kurt Vonnegut, Sebastian Junger, Terry Tempest Williams, Susan Orlean, OMG-Tom Wolfe, Lorrie Moore, Jane Austen, Walt Whitman, Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Fred Stenson, Sid Marty, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, and William Zinsser's and John Gardner's books on writing. Also, Anne Lamott and Rob Bell for a spirit boost. |
What spells can you cast with magic markers?
I can cast spells to eliminate random questions.