Tay
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | graduate student/school counselor |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | This blog began as the life and times of my tumor, a rare kind of breast cancer. Medically, it's name is phyllodes, but I call it the turnip. Always an original, I also had a mass of DCIS cancer cells in the same breast, actually inside the turnip, which is rare in the extreme. If you read from the beginning of this blog, on November 1, 2007 you will learn this is my second round with phyllodes sarcoma, it came back after 7 years. As I went through treatment, this blog was a place to process life with cancer. Now that I am beyond treatment and building a life after cancer, this blog reflects new struggles, insights and hopefully, adventures. Writing and making art have always been my best tools for dealing with the dark side of life. I live in Portland, Oregon and have received all my treatment & care at OHSU. Encouraging comments are welcome. In fact, they always make my day and help me face this life with courage and something like grace. Thanks for reading. |
| Interests | slow food, sustainability, moss, health & wellness, natural skin care, travel, spirituality, writing, photography, chocolate, how things work, everyday magic, poetry, teaching, cell memory, working smarter not harder, authentic connection |
| Favorite movies | Amelie, Auntie Mame, The Triplets of Belleville, Chocolat, Babette's Feast, Kitchen Stories, Eat Drink Man Woman, Kinky Boots, Adam's Rib, Some Like it Hot, Short Bus, Room with a View, Star Wars, Strictly Ballroom |
| Favorite music | the Weepies, Nina Simone, Madeline Peyroux, Alison Krauss, the Housemartins, k.d.lang, Belle & Sebastian, Madonna, Pink Martini, Cal Tjader, Eurythmics, Talking Heads, Jill Sobule |
| Favorite books | My family and Other Animals by Gerald Durell, When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron, Jane Austen(all her stuff), Mary Oliver's poetry, non-fiction about science, travel memoirs, fluff like Harry Potter and I read piles of magazines. |