Death & dying

Here yesterday, gone today

September 4, 2008

I went to bed last night with one reality and woke up this morning with another. I’m not exactly sure at what moment it changed. Was I sleeping soundly? Was it one of the times I was awake, looking at the clock for an unknown reason? I have this need to know the moment, even [...]

Book Tour: Water for Elephants

May 26, 2008

I actually thought Lemonade for the Elephant would be a better title, but maybe that’s why Sara Gruen is a bestselling novelist and I am one of her readers. This is my 7th book tour with the Barren Bi+ches, but my 1st for a non-IF-related book. I found it much harder to find a focus [...]

One of my stupider moments

October 2, 2007

Recently I wrote about my own death (in case you’re new to my blog, I am not dying at a faster clip than anyone else, as far as I know). Did you ever notice how people are so squeamish about death? Until the last six or seven decades, I imagine that death was not so [...]

Contemplating my own death…for no good reason

September 27, 2007

I’m listening to the Six Feet Under theme song. “Why do people have to die?” intones Clair in the background of a kicky instrumental. “To make life important,” responds Nate, in a clip taken from the show and inserted in a kind of rappy-way. I love that show. Gino and I have been watching the [...]

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