Posts Tagged ‘ Lustgarten Foundation ’

Contest & Fundraiser! Donate & you could win yarn or fibre!

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September 6, 2010
Contest & Fundraiser! Donate & you could win yarn or fibre!

As you well know because I won’t shut up about it this summer, pancreatic cancer runs in my family on my dad’s side. Because of this, my father has both participated as a subject in research into familial pancreatic cancer, and for the last several years has received regular screenings of his pancreas. There’s...
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Dispatches and Catch-Ups

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September 2, 2010
Dispatches and Catch-Ups

For someone who has an extraordinarily low tolerance for structure, I’m really missing my normal routine. It may not actually be the routine I’m missing, but the space? I miss my home. My jogs in the woods. Greg and Cleo. The quiet time I need to keep busy and sane. I haven’t had much...
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Turning Sadness Upside Down, Big Time

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May 25, 2010
Turning Sadness Upside Down, Big Time

The Sadness I started off this morning crying before I even had a chance to drink my coffee. Last September when I went to Albany, NY, to participate in the fundraiser for pancreatic cancer research my parents spearhead every year, it was bittersweet to bump into Janice, an old high school friend. We hadn’t...
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In Which I Ask You for Money

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August 17, 2009
In Which I Ask You for Money

When I got off the bus to meet my friend for a hungover shopping date in Gastown on Saturday afternoon, I greeted her with this gem: “I am such an asshole.” “Um, hm?” “Ok, so 4th Avenue is closed between Arbutus and Burrard today for Hippy Daze*, and on the detour I saw a...
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