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Journal, August 14, 2026

I don’t know how it happened, maybe just a stroke of luck, but I am participating in an exhibition of my photographs. It’s a small one, and 12 of my works will be exhibited. I feel embarrassed to be among people who are professional artists and photographers, but at the same time, there are so […]

Journal, July 31, 2026

I would use the cliché of saying that it’s hard to believe the month is gone. It has been a very, very intense month, with lots of good and bad things, and now it’s over. There are two important dates, and I missed both of them. July 7 marked one year since I had my […]

July 10, 2026

Today I walked into the chemotherapy suite for a reason completely unrelated to my own treatment. A year ago, I walked through these same doors over and over again as a patient. Today, I was a guest. As I stepped inside, I found myself noticing things that most people would never notice. The shirts and […]

July 3, 2026

Today is my cancer twin’s birthday. I dedicate this to her and also to all other sisters in this business of breast cancer. Cancer Twin Bond. To TT, My Cancer Twin My dear friend, my cancer twin,we both had gone through much together.Our fates collided on a whim,and if I list all we had weathered… […]

June 30, 2026

I think this is the first time in a year and a half that I’ve gone this long without writing anything in my blog. It’s kind of hard to say whether I’ve simply been stuck and overloaded with routine, or whether the month was so full and intentional that I just didn’t have enough time […]

Journal, May 16, 2026 (North Carolina)

I am sitting at a bar in Black Mountain, slightly drunk — though not the same way as yesterday. Yesterday I was completely exhausted after a red-eye flight and from sleeping badly night after night. This time, instead of turning the trip into just another conference visit, I planned ahead and gave myself an entire […]

Journal, May 13, 2026

This is probably the longest entry in my blog that I have ever written. And it is probably about Mother’s Day, and about what I am trying to say to myself more than to anyone else. For as long as I can remember, Mother’s Day was a very special holiday in my family. Preparing a […]

Journal, April 21, 2026

Last weekend, I had to become a bird mom. I was working in the yard when a baby hummingbird fell out of the nest. Using our friend AI, we learned that there is a hummingbird rescue in Los Angeles. We called and got instructions on how to take care of the baby. We placed him […]

Journal, April 10, 2026

This photo was taken early in the morning, during one of my usual walks with my dog. It’s hard to believe that one third of April has already flown by—as if it were one long, continuous day. I’m currently on a break that I wouldn’t really call a vacation, but rather a staycation. And perhaps […]