I try to avoid writing articles here anymore, unless it is about my health or writing. I digress today, I am sure because this is my steroid day. With my new chemo program, my quality of life has plummeted in the past three weeks, feeling awful most of the time. But with steroids, I briefly…

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I tried to make it through the day without saying anything, but if I remained quiet, I’m afraid the stones would cry out. If you don’t agree with my statement below, you are still my friend and someone I love. If you agree and want to share it, feel free. For those who cannot visulize…

This talk picks up where the last ended, focusing on the underlying episiotomy of the conflict between science and religion. You can listen here.

My results have come in early, and like I said there’s much at state with this. I’ve been on a new chemo for 4 weeks and it was to check if it was working. The best measurement for my kind of Multiple Myeloma is following the Lambda Light Chain Proteins. Normal is 26.3. When I…

Health Update: For anyone who has had or has cancer, or any other serious illness, you are familiar with the test-angst. After a while, at least for me, it become so mundane, that even though the test will tell you if you are going to live or die, you eventually loose the angst. You have…

I had unfinished business with this last podcast and I wanted to finish up with a part II. You can listen here.

There is a myth within the Bible-belt (and other areas of religious cultures) that the more spiritually-minded someone is, the less the sting of death. I turn this on its head by saying, those who know God best, mourn death the deepest. You can listen here.

People have been asking, so I thought I would respond here. One week deep into a new and aggressive chemo program, one that had a list of potential side effects that would make a chemical weapons expert cringe, I am happy to announce that the side effects have been minimal. Side effects can always appear…

I am continuing to work on my most recent novel, The Stones of Yemen. At this juncture, I’m involved with the arduous process of finding a literary agent to represent this work to major publishing houses. Previously I had either self-published books or published them through a small publisher with a narrow market. I do…