AliDec 18, 20203 minLandingI have felt the ache of leaving Colorado, the highest town there, Leadville, the complete, naked adventure of Saint Georges, and raising ...
AliJul 19, 20201 minMorning musingsI am reading John O’Donoghue‘s book eternal echoes. “... there is a resonant heart in the depths of silence“ he says this in reference to...
AliMar 19, 20203 minDon't Dock Yet!This morning, I learned that "Quarantine", a term with which we are all becoming familiar, is a shipping term. The word has a root meanin...
AliMar 2, 20203 minEmerging from the Cave It has been so long since I wrote on this blog, I don't remember the "me" who wrote last time. But I do know that I haven't had a way to w...
AliSep 15, 20193 minThe Sincerity of Uncertainty I am surprised to find the beginning chill of Fall to be comforting. My diagnosis became clear a year ago, as August turned to September...
AliJul 4, 20192 minSurpriseAfter a sluggish morning, ruminating on all the scary things that could be, and feeling all manner of weirdness in this body, I decided I...
AliJun 17, 20193 minI'm here and awake. Just sayin'...I want to be seen today. Up until now, I have kept my bald head covered, because of the cold, but also because it seemed to say, "cancer...
AliJun 2, 20193 minshores and open waterI haven't known what to write, and hence have left many questions for my friends and support to guess about. I have been inarticulating ...
AliMay 12, 20192 minSteadyI remember when Hannah and Lara were young, we often went to the folks festival in Lyons Colorado. We would cool off in the St Vrain rive...
AliMay 5, 20192 minBreathing Room For three months, I have not had the pleasure of eating food. I have been fed by a feeding tube. I have been able to drink liquids, but...
AliApr 28, 20192 min"From and Into"I've gotten a few requests this week for an update. It's nice to feel your caring in that request.... a reminder that I am connected in m...
AliApr 21, 20192 minIt was always thereTwo weeks ago, this was a stick, a dry branch; brittle, seemingly empty of life after a winter that stripped its essence from view, sent ...
AliApr 5, 20192 minCrocuses!!I've found great comfort in the power of Spring. You just cant argue with it! Stepping outside to find these amazing flowers which, by ...
AliFeb 27, 20191 minCraving PizzaA series of events this month, including surgery for a bowel blockage and another hospital stay a week later, revealing that my body is c...
AliJan 26, 20194 minShalomWhen George and I were in Marblehead, Massachusetts, getting a second opinion on my diagnosis, we walked along a beach strewn with black ...
AliDec 7, 20182 minNext step beginsThanks for your patience as many of you have been hoping for updates. Here's the scoop: After surgery, things were progressing very well....
AliNov 8, 20181 minPost SurgeryThankyou to all of you who have been patiently waiting for news. I am now home after what the surgeon felt was a very successful surgery...
Wakil Kurt SimpsonNov 7, 20181 minUpdates ...For those of us who aren't part of the local community at St. George I wonder if someone might share what they know concerning Ali post-s...
Michele McMahonNov 5, 20181 minNo catchy title...I have a deep, thoughtful love for you, I'm thinking of you just about every time my thoughts are not turned toward work, sometimes I wa...
AliOct 27, 20181 minSurgerySurgery will be early tuesday morning at Anschutz Medical Campus. George and the girls will be with me. I chose this photo for this mess...