Tag Archives: Misc

Struggling with Remission? What!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Lori Puente

“Frankly remission is an awkward place. In fact beyond the normal wear & tear of aging, I now look & feel as well as I did before I became ill. But I have not been able to go forward as though nothing had happened, & that is because something has happened & it happened ...

Simple Pleasures

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lori Puente

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller In light of recent dialog on how to live with cancer, I thought I would share with you how much th ...

What Cancer Cannot Do…

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lori Puente

What Cancer Cannot Do Cancer is so limited…. It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot corrode faith. It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot re ...

I just want a cough drop

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Glenn McLaren

Feeling a little congested the last couple of days, mild sore throat, bit of a cough. I go for the good old Hall's cough drops. But instead of just a small medicated throat lozenge, you get this ...Is it just me, or is this "Pep Talk in Every Drop" annoying? I'm fe ...

My favorite idiot news story of all time

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Glenn McLaren

I had a clipping of this for a long time, but I lost it at some point in one of my moves.Regretful killer tried to kill selfMy favorite line in the story ... "The killing occurred after the couple had spent the day drinking gin."Yeah, nothing good ever happens after that.

2012 is Here

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Glenn McLaren

Well, it's a new year. We've got a fresh 366 in front of us. Yes, a leap year, what fun.Presidential election this year, that will consume much of the oxygen and public attention. But this time next year, will the election of one man make that much difference? No, ...

Riding the Wave…quite a ride!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” - Jawaharal Nehru It’s hard to believe yet another year has gone by. It has been a good year for us, personally. Not so true for others and ...

Study Hacks Blog

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” - Horace 65-68 B.C.  I have subscribed to a blog called Study Hacks for some years now. I’m a HUGE fan. This author doesn’t blog every day ...

Contact Form

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Lori Puente

I have finally put a “Contact” tab up (across the top). This will allow some of you who might not feel comfortable leaving your comments to send me a message privately and more easily.

Book in the Works?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.” - Unknown When I started this blog, it was partly my own very personal need to heal from my experience of moving from sheer terror to triumphant regaining of our life. Albeit a ...

Another Myeloma Meet-Up!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Lori Puente

“New and wonderful, ‘Myeloma Blessings’ came into my life last night!” – Lori Puente Wow! I have come to embrace and truly LOVE the chance encounters I have in my daily life. It’s almost as if, “who or what will come into my life tod ...

Kentucky

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Lori Puente

“Paula is one of the gifts my mother left for me before she died.” – Lori I’m off for my annual trip to Lexington, KY to visit my dear friend Paula at her place, “Rosehaven”. This annual trip started the year before my mother’s death ...

Pearl Harbor Tributes

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Glenn McLaren

My most vivid memory of Pearl Harbor Day came when I was assigned to cover a Survivors Memorial ceremony near Vero Beach, Florida. This was back in 1989 or 1990, when I was a reporter for the Sebastian Sun.The ceremony was very somber, and the Vero Beach chapter of the Pearl ...

My Studio

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Lori Puente

“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.” - William F. Buckley, Jr. The problem with weaving is it can be very sedentary. I̵ ...

MishMash – 7 (Mostly cruise return)

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Lori Puente

“It’s true, sometimes, when you’ve had a difficult day, or met difficult people, or been let down, disappointed, or heartbroken, it’s easy to completely forget the most important thing of all… You’re alive.” – Notes from the Un ...

Halloween Saturday

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Glenn McLaren

I'm not sure what to think about an idea that was floated out recently by some politician. A state legislator in Connecticut is suggesting that we should shift the date of Halloween each year so that it always falls on the last Saturday in October. So, instead of Oct. 3 ...

Celebratory Cruise

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Lori Puente

“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.” - Michel de Montaigne Dave and I have been married 30 years this year. As I have written in the past, we really stink at celebrating our anniversary and even o ...

Ken Anderson, MD, Dana Farber

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Lori

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” – Zora Neale Hurston Cancer expert Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses bone marrow transplantation techniques and other related therapies used for t ...

Weaving at the Winery

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Lori

“Even more importantly, it’s wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.” - Robert Mondavi It has been a whirlwind for me after returning from Little Rock on Friday, well, Saturday morning Little Rock time! Busy prepari ...

Happiness Revealed – Louie Schwartzberg

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Lori

“Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.”  - Kak Sri It is not an easy task to find something good in the middle of a cancer diagnosis. As you travel down this path for a while, trust me, you will indeed find new and wonderful things. ...