Back from the doctor.  Good news.  My friend’s cancer hasn’t progressed.  That’s great.  Especially since she has decided not to fight it, but rather to make her body as inhospitable as possible, by proper eating, supplements, and yoga so it leaves on its own.  Fascinating.

Seven hours since the previous paragraph.  Been writing all day.  Only a few paragraphs, but it’s the nub of what I want to say.  Keep going over and over it.  I’m exhausted.

Just got a call that my wife’s Aunt Helen died.  She was ninety-six.  Had been living on her own down in Florida.  Was diagnosed with a mass in the pancreas less than a month ago.  Sold her apartment, moved up to New England to be near her daughter.  Began to feel pain, went into hospice, asked to be put in a coma, went to sleep, died in two days.  Way to go, Aunt Helen.  Even in death you are teaching us how to live. RIP.

peace……….ag