31 Jan Thank You For Survival
One-year ago today I was leaving the hospital after my 50th night in less than 150 days. Today, I sat on a stationary bike in a darkened room with over 100 other riders and pedaled for over half an hour. I spent the...
26 Jan The First Review: “The Single Most Inspiring Book I’ve Ever Read”
Few things take my breath away completely, unexpectedly. This did. A few weeks ago I participated in a ceremony to ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ. It seems that someone's stock truly went up that day! Today, one of the people I met that...
11 Jan Walking the Walk
A big milestone around here. One year ago I was just retuning from two weeks in the hospital following a 15-hour surgery to remove my left femur, replace it with titanium, relocate my fibula from my calf to my thigh, and cut out a...
01 Dec My Cancer Diary, Volume IV
Dear Friends and Family, Waves of wind, rain, and Arctic chill have passed through Brooklyn in recent weeks and the leaves are finally off the giant maple tree that shades our tiny backyard. With the shortened days and vagaries of a brownstone heating, we now...
01 Oct My Cancer Diary, Volume III
Dear Friends and Family, Even as summer drifted from view, September was the most beautiful month we have seen for some time in Brooklyn, with bright skies, clear nights, and just a hint of coolness in the air. We are beginning to get whiffs of...
15 Aug My Cancer Diary, Volume II
Dear Friends and Family, Some rain passed through Brooklyn in the last week, leaving us with a string of clear, beautiful afternoons. The Brooklyn Bridge, which just turned 125 years old, is looking fresh-faced and handsome overhead, its famed promenade glittering like the pot of...
15 Jul My Cancer Diary, Volume I
Dear Friends and Family, The mist lifts slowly off my in-laws’ back lawn on Cape Cod most mornings, revealing a day that is well under way and a layer of dew on the granite boulders. The sky has been gray over Snug Harbor the last...
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