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Cathy Coley

extraordinary circumstances (2)

a morning glory vine wrapped around a sunflower stem, with one pink bloom

Untangle

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Untangle Andrew built a wooden frame for privacy. I planted morning glory seeds and sunflower seeds to fill the space between us and neighbors. It’s past Midsomer. The sunflowers stand happy sentinels, as delicate vines begin to wind and climb to strangle them, unaware. I spent a good part of the morning unwinding the precious threads from the sunflower stalks they chose to entangle around instead of the posts of the frame. I wound the long vines around the wood frame. The morning glories are [...] more

Cthulu Boob

Thursday, May 14, 2020

I received the call from the doctor yesterday and heard what I needed in his voice. The mass is cancerous but it’s low grade, and the lymph node biopsy was negative, so far it seems. There is another wonky lymph node, he’ll get a better look when he removes the mass. Next Tuesday is the pathology report appointment and we will figure out how to proceed from there. I’m in a much better place than I was before and through the wait until the call. I was doing quality of life planning, [...] more