Central Oregon Waldport, 100 miles North of Coos Bay. I’ve learned what it’s like to be an inanimate object recently — specifically, a pinball. I awoke in the middle of the night and discovered the right side of my body…
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The Pinball
Tagged with: Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Bucket List, California, Cancer, Loren Nancarrow, Oregon, Road Trip, Susie Nancarrow, Washington
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No Panicking Allowed, These are the Easy Times
As we sit in a quiet sushi bar, Loren’ s seizure goes on longer than usual. I can hear the bones snapping in his hand, the twitching hits all of the joints and fingers in his right hand, filling me…
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Billy Joel
Originally posted on Hannah Jane Nancarrow:
My dad and I have always shared similar opinions on just about everything. We love the same Billy Joel songs. We like to eat at the same restaurants. We‘re intrigued by the same journalists…
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The Workout
Hannah says she sometimes thinks of Loren’s brain cancer and our family’s emotional response, as a hard workout. Just when you think you can’t spin another minute, you do and you become stronger. Wow, this is what I needed to hear…
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We have winners: Sign up now to attend journalism awards banquet
Originally posted on San Diego Society of Professional Journalists:
The SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter is pleased to announce the 2013 SPJ journalism awards winners of the annual SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Awards Contest and the 2013 San Diego…
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A Post From Carol LeBeau
My former co-worker and longtime friend, Carol LeBeau, wrote this piece for her own Blog Carol’s Health Journal. Thank you Miss Carol, you rock. Loren Nancarrow: Beating brain cancer with a smile 03. June 2013 Loren Nancarrow is battling a brain…
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
Originally posted on Hannah Jane Nancarrow:
They say time flies when you’re having fun, Then it slows down during a treadmill run. And time hardly moves at the DMV, Waiting like jailbirds who want to be free. You know, waiting…
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Fired Up
*Click Play Below to Hear Loren Read Along* You haven’t heard from me in a while — and that’s because I’m sick of talking about being sick. Yesterday, I was released from my third hospital stint. I spent 5 days…
Tagged with: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Cancer, Climate Change, Conservation, environmentalism, Global Warming, greenhouse gases, Loren Nancarrow, San Diego, super storm
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The Woods
Winnie the Pooh had The Hundred Acre Wood. For Alice in Wonderland and The Jabberwocky it was the Tulgey Wood. Then, of course, there’s Tiger Woods and his 3-wood (that would allegedly smash the windows of his SUV). The Hippies…
Tagged with: Cancer, hannah nancarrow, Loren Nancarrow, out of the woods, the woods
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The Good News About Bad News
Where is it?! It should’ve been here days ago. Maybe it was lost in transit. Maybe it’s lying low somewhere waiting to jump out and catch me off guard. I checked the mailbox—nothing there. I didn’t find it in my…
Tagged with: Bad News, Cancer, Dance, Good News, hannah nancarrow, Loren Nancarrow, Rain
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The Nancarrow Project 