Jane Roper's Blog, page 15
November 13, 2014
Why a Writing Residency Rocks
So, I just got back from spending a week at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a residency for writers, artist and composers in Virginia. I had a room, a studio, and nothing but time to write, read and take the occasional walk or run in beautiful rural surroundings. At meals (which I didn’t have to cook!... Read the Rest »
October 21, 2014
Adrift
I’ve been in a bit of a funk over the past couple of months. Not depressed, mind you. (Although sometimes I feel like I’m on the edge of it.) Just…something. I keep reminding myself that it makes sense. We just moved, which is a big adjustment. I love our new house (see exhibit A, fireplace,... Read the Rest »
September 30, 2014
The new old Clio
I took the girls to get haircuts this past Sunday morning. That “s” on “girls” is a very big deal, as Clio hasn’t had a haircut in over two years — not counting the one where we buzzed off what was left of her rapidly thinning hair six months into her treatment. She took the whole... Read the Rest »
September 13, 2014
Out of nowhere.
So, the other day I was feeling sort of disoriented and disconnected, in our quiet and lovely little neighborhood, here in this new town. As much as I love our house, and the peace and quiet, and the feng shui of being up at the top of a hill (a close second to being adjacent to a body of water), it’s... Read the Rest »
September 2, 2014
Out, Damned Port!
Hi there. It’s been a loooong time since I posted. The fact is, I’m feeling a little bit adrift as to what I want to blog about these days, and how I want to use this space now that the most intense and perilous phase of our family’s cancer journey crappy little boat trip has come to... Read the Rest »
July 30, 2014
Many Lasts (and one First)
There are a lot of lasts happening in our lives right now on the cancer front: 1. Clio’s last visit to the clinic for chemo, on the 16th. We marked the day by handing out homemade cookies to every nurse, doctor and staff member who crossed our paths, plus a few patients and parents, too. We also gave... Read the Rest »
July 13, 2014
Nearing the Home Front
Holy crap, I haven’t posted in almost a month! Yeesh. Well, moving will do that to a blogger, I suppose. The past few weeks have been a frenzy of packing up, moving out, moving in, cleaning, unpacking, dodging painters, installing things and logging miles between various big box stores. I’m a fan of shopping local and... Read the Rest »
June 12, 2014
On the Home Stretch
Holy moses, we’re moving in a week and a half. Our house is officially a complete disaster area, half boxes, half business as usual. It’s a tricky thing to live in a place and carry about your regular routine and be simultaneously preparing to uproot yourself. And man, after eight years in one place, uprooting is... Read the Rest »
May 31, 2014
I Love Facebook, Dammit.
As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to give up Facebook for the month of May, as an experiment, and in hopes of getting more (novel) writing done. I tend check Facebook multiple times a day, sometimes in an almost compulsive manner. Not so much when I’m writing fiction or nonfiction, when I... Read the Rest »
May 20, 2014
A Zillion Down, Three to Go.
Yesterday marked the end of Clio’s fourth to last round of treatment. Only THREE MORE LEFT!! What does this mean? Only three more doses of vincristine. This is the stuff largely responsible for the fact that while Clio’s got lots more hair than she did when she was getting doxyrubicin, it’s still pretty thin and... Read the Rest »
