Today was the anniversary of the day that I was diagnosed with bone cancer, probably the single worst day of my life. It’s generally a tough one for me, although some years are better than others.
Some small pleasures from today:
- sharing my salmon dinner with Ellycat
- lighting candles on the fireplace mantle of my new, but still empty, house. Imagining what it will look like once I get the furniture all moved over
- teaching a workshop on one of my favorite digital tools, Zotero (because I can wax rhapsodic about the beauty of my footnotes)
- some of my students dropping by the house, to chat and munch on cookies
- walking to and from work, with confidence. Not taking even one single step for granted. Feeling grateful for mobility and strength.
Jana,
I think of you often and hope you are doing well. It seems as thought we never show up at the same places any more, so I don’t get to catch up with you comings and goings.
It’s nice to hear from you, Parker. It has been awhile, hasn’t it? 🙂