I’ve been wondering lately why we’re called breast cancer “survivors.” It’s a brave term, isn’t it? Makes me feel courageous and somehow special. But I couldn't think of another way to put it. And then one night I got it.

HealthCentral.com, which features one of my all-time favorite media docs, Dr. Dean Edell, has begun a support page for breast cancer survivors.

Wow! I just posted those new necklaces yesterday and already four of them are gone. I'm making more.

It's a colorcopia, a mountain of exuberant stripes, dots, shapes and abstractions. It's so delicious, it should be edible. I love heaping my necklaces into an excitement for the eyes.

When I get hit by the March blues....when I start despairing over everything big and little thing in my life...when everything I do seems headed south--and I don't mean Florida--I make beads.

Apparently, a Mammogram Donation site, where just clicking on the link helps donate a mammogram to someone who can't afford one, is not getting enough clicks.

I missed the deadline for the newpaper article, but I'm on the March 2nd (Thursday) Gallery Walk, called the Celtic Gallery Walk to celebrate our favorite Bay City Holiday, St. Patrick's Day.

The FDA collects reports from both consumers and prescribers of drugs and I think it's a good idea to report serious side effects, especially of a new drug like Arimidex.