by Andi | Jun 9, 2012 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
In ten hours, over 500 people will take to a track here in Central Virginia to strike a blow against the disease that has taken so many from us, that steals years and health and overwrites the memories of laughter, sometimes, with the memories of bald heads and... by Andi | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
When the pain is so great but so invisible that you can shout it, but no one believes you – you are heard. When you speak love over and over, and still no one turns and hugs you – you are heard. When you give your wisdom in a solid voice, but people turn... by Andi | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
When the pain is so great but so invisible that you can shout it, but no one believes you – you are heard. When you speak love over and over, and still no one turns and hugs you – you are heard. When you give your wisdom in a solid voice, but people turn... by Andi | May 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
He stopped to speak to his guitar teacher, surprised as we were to see anyone else we knew at Joan Didion’s talk here in Herbst Theatre on a Thursday night in San Francisco. I stood just up the stairs waiting, unable to really converse small at this point, so... by Andi | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
All I can thank about right now is the smooth, soft skin of her bald head. The idea of it calls to mind a beluga’s belly that looks so tender, so easily scarred. She is ten. She has just finished chemo. Her cancer is back. *** When I was a kid, I remember there...