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Danke schön: Belated Thanks
In July 2010, my sister, Jessica, underwent a bone marrow transplant as part of her treatment for leukemia (ALL). While biological siblings are the best hope for a viable match, I was deemed unsuitable because our HLA tissue only matched 50%. After a few weeks of searching the National Marrow Donor Program (Be The Match), two unrelated donors were identified as potential … [Read more...]
Weekend Cooking: Cookbooks for Christmas
In addition to several other great gifts, I received two visually stimulating cookbooks for Christmas. Both cookbooks are filled with stunning photographs of ingredients, preparation methods, and finished meals--I can't wait to get cooking! The first cookbook, A Year of Pies by Ashley English of Small Measure, was an early gift from Anthony. While away for his birthday (40!) in … [Read more...]
Holiday Greetings from a Wayward Blogger
Sending holiday greetings to all my blogging friends! May your 2013 be filled with health, happiness, and lots of great reads! … [Read more...]
Weekend Cooking: A Lament to Twinkies
**A note from me regarding Hurricane Sandy can be found at the bottom of this post.** In light of the bad news that came out of Irving, Texas from the Hostess Company yesterday, I reworked my Weekend Cooking post to honor the darling of American snack cakes, the Twinkie. While I'm not a Hostess fan--I'm more of a Tastykake girl--I recognize that Hostess has a rabid fan base, many of … [Read more...]
Sandy: An Update
Hi family and friends. Here's a quick update from us: We've had no power, very spotty cell service and no internet for 36+ hours. Ant and I left our house today and headed 90 miles to my sister's house in Northern New Jersey. Jess has power and television--we spent our first half hour here watching the news and footage of the devastation that is in our town and the neighboring … [Read more...]
Review: Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
Title: Blackberry Winter Author: Sarah Jio Genre/Pages: Fiction/320 Publisher: Plume Publish Date: September 25, 2012 Rating: 3.5 bookmarks Source: courtesy of the publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: In her third novel, Sarah Jio employs a spring snowstorm as the catalyst of a dual timeline story about two women, separated by 77 years, who both … [Read more...]
Celebrating Life and Liberty: Year Two
Today, my sister and thousands of other cancer survivors were feted at a celebration of Life and Liberty at Liberty State Park hosted by the John Theurer Cancer Center of Hackensack University Medical Center. This was our second year of attendance and thankfully, my sister is feeling good. In addition to celebrating the patients, their families and caretakers are also recognized … [Read more...]
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