Last weekend I was in New York City with my family.  We walked in no rush to get anywhere and ate 5 meals a day and tried to stay warm. It was excellent. I had my first post-treatment checkup with my oncologist.  With the exception of a still-and-maybe-forever low white blood cell count, my blood …

Snow

It’s the first substantial snowfall of the season, not the turning of the calendar, that makes for a better new beginning.  Everything is clean.  A fresh slate to play on, in.  Meticulously shoveled walkways, footprints and shoe treads, tire tracks.  Cars on the highway drowned out by winds buffeting the windows. It’s somehow less cold …