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dealing with deleting “cancer”
It is a confession of sorts. I do not want to write about being diagnosed with cancer, living with cancer, or expecting to die from cancer. In the beginning, cancer hung from every sentence, anchoring me down to an unfamiliar place, where one could easily get lost, were it not for the kindness of strangers. Like Rhonda, not a stranger…
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well suited
The little boy standing on O’Connell Street, is the image of his father, my brother, anticipating a cream bun treat at the nearby Arabica Coffee. He has just completed a milestone to remember, his first day at school, where he will be known by the Irish version of his surname, the very impressive Mac Uaitéir. Literally, this translates to “Son of…
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9/11, Anything can Happen, bombing, Healing Field Tempe, Language matters, Memoir, Northern Ireland, Peace, Phoenix, Pre-school, Rolling Stones, Seamus Heaney, Seamus Heaney, The Troubles, Themes of childhood, Valley of the Sun, Writers
moving memories from New York to Phoenix
The Rolling Stones “Shattered” was stuck in my head all weekend long, not all of it, just a few bars, just enough to be maddening. Not the first time, nor will it be the last, for me to fall prey to an “earworm.” I’m not alone. It turns out, according to psychologist Dr. Victoria Williams that 90% of people experience this “involuntary…
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Art, Artisans, Awesome Women, Belfast, Crafts, Feminism, Memoir, Memoir, Mother Daughter Relationship, Mother's Day, Northern Ireland, Ordinary Things, Seamus Heaney, Soundtracks of our Lives, Themes of Childhood, Themes of childhood
good with their hands
Perhaps being good with one's hands is somehow connected to being in good hands. Handled with care. A hand-wrapped parcel from Crawford's shop was done right and with great care. There was heart and craft in it. It was in good hands ...
