Brigid and Tim in Washington this past Friday at the March for Life
This picture was taken by our good friend Laurie Hurley. the March was amazing – a huge, young, crowd. More pictures to follow in a day or two.
Quake hits the Cayman Islands
Farandas lived a year in Bodden town and then a year in George Town – 1979-1981. It was right after we got married in Jamaica. 5.8 on the richter scale. Tuesday's quake struck about 32 miles (52 kilometers) east-southeast of Bodden Town in the center of the southern coast of Grand Cayman Island.
A little bit with Tim and basketball
Tim is a pretty decent player, even though it’s really not his main sport (baseball and football are). Yesterday his team, the St. Augustine’s 7th grade team, played two games. They won the first in overtime – I didn’t see it, but Brigid did – and Tim played very well, with seven points in their … Read more
Today – 4th anniversary of my stem cell transplant
Yup. Hard to believe. Here's what it looked like – Brigid took the picture. After all the chemotherapy, the actual return of my own stem cells was kind of anti-climactic. Like getting a blood transfusion. Transplant went well
Archbishop Dolan on Catholic Relief Services and Haiti
From the Catholic news services ZENIT.org. In 1980 I attended the Christmas Vigil Mass at the Port au Prince Cathedral – now completely destroyed Archbishop: Church "On the Scene" in Haiti US, Irish Prelates Send Appeal for Aid ROME, JAN. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- When an earthquake destroyed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Catholic Relief … Read more
My friend (and fellow cancer survivor) Maggie Barbieri
Maggie recently had a feature written about her in the local (Journal News) paper. She and I were both diagnosed about the same time. In fact, the day I had same day surgery to install my mediport at Sloan Kettering, I ran into her in the waiting area, as she was going in for surgery. That … Read more
Tim and Brigid spot a possum
On Thursday afternoon, while wandering around Croton Point – up top, near where they fly the model airplanes and the boy scouts camp out – Brigid spotted this guy (girl?) and Tim (not Tom) took the pictures. Here, trying to look big and ferocious as Tim approached That didn’t work, so off to the trees in … Read more
Hard to believe, but four years ago today, I went into Sloan Kettering for my twenty day stay and stem cell tranplant
Amazing. Honestly, it doesn't seem that long ago. That day I put up three posts, one a book review, "The Power of Intention" as well as Thanks to one and all for the prayers and good wishes! and this one First day at Sloan Kettering . Glad I'm still here to post this …
Happy state vs. Red state vs. Blue state – and NY as the least happy state
I am always suspicious of social scientists with an evident axe to grind, but this is still a bit interesting. Except for Hawaii — presumably blissful for its island breezes, yearlong flora, and an prevalent pineapples — all of the top five happiness states are located in the South or desert Southwest. In fact, of … Read more
Third annual New Year’s interview with myself
Because of my deep love and admiration for myself, I like to post this on New Year's Day (Here's last year's My second annual New Year's interivew with myself ) . So here goes … Q. Tom, how is you health? you've posted nothing since you saw Dr. Zelenetz six months ago. A. Well, I think I'm … Read more