Ruth's Medical-logical Meanderings

I was able to visit my sister last weekend who is remodeling her kitchen. It is entirely gutted and consequently their kitchen things are ...

A person whose writing I adored. Whose use of the English language I envied and admired. At 47 years old. Cancer. It's an odd thing wh...

There has been a lot going on lately. In my personal life, there have been a lot of family events. My youngest daughter came to visit wi...

     Against the wishes of my daughters, I was in the subway tunnel at Lake Street in Chicago waiting for the Red Line to take me north t...

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim and in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, eac...

Today is my 18-month Cancerversary and I am in a celebratory mood! This is strange for me. Being a budding scholar of death studies does not...

In our weekly meetings, Father Bob and I discuss various things. Cancer is inevitably a regular topic. A couple of weeks ago, he asked me if...