I was deeply saddened to hear ten days ago of the death of Jörn Cann, the ward doctor in the … More
Tag: Life Lessons
What the Living Do -by Marie Howe
What the Living Do Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there. And … More
Philip Gould: I would not wish to have died the person I was
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Lifesaving Poems: ‘Prayer’ by Marie Howe
The most recent addition to my list of Lifesaving Poems is ‘Prayer’ by Marie Howe. I read it for the first time … More
Finding time -by Anne Lamott from Sunset.com
Lamott’s books include Operating Instructions and Traveling Mercies. Her new novel, Imperfect Birds (Riverhead Books; $26), will be published this … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tomas Tranströmer’s ‘Alone’
Alone I One evening in February I came near to dying here. The car skidded sideways on the ice, out … More
Poetry Exhaustion
If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading … More
Love Listen -A new poem by Ann Gray
Love Listen Let’s love, listen, take time when time is all we have. Let’s be unafraid to be kind, learn … More
To my cancer
To My Cancer When you left me I did not say goodbye. I kissed you then carried you outside. You … More
Advice from the dying -by Oliver Burkeman in The Guardian
Photo: Andy Oliver In May 2005, the chairman and chief executive of the accountancy giantKPMG was told he had about 100 … More
Guardian Weekend readers’ letters on cancer as ‘the new normal’
Photo: Jon Soper Letters from the Guardian weekend page on last week’s Siddhartha Mukherjee’s article on cancer as ‘the new … More
Smile! You’ve got cancer by Barbara Ehrenreich from The Guardian
via guardian.co.uk A marvellous piece from the Guardian weekend pages a couple of years ago. Reading today’s piece on … More
Lifesaving Poems 