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We Didn’t Get Shot and the Cops Didn’t Come

Mary Tuel

How old was I when I first realized that one of the greatest things I could do to increase my happiness was to lower my expectations? Perhaps it was about the time that Mick Jagger was informing us in his iconic rock whine that you can’t always get what you want. Probably later than that. I’m a slow learner.

For Susan as She Starts Chemo

Mary Tuel

A couple of months ago I found out that I didn’t have cancer. It was a huge relief. Not two weeks later I found out that a dear friend of mine has stage 3 lung cancer.

Her name is Susan.

The Morning So Far

Mary Tuel

Today went well right up until I dropped the cell phone into the toilet.

The phone was in my pocket, as it often is. I went into the bathroom. You don’t need to know why. I was in the bathroom, minding my own business.

Sonya Makes Ginger Beer

Mary Tuel

My old friend Sonya is here this week. Our friendship goes back to the mid-1960s, when we were alternate lifestyle ladies together, sashaying around in our long skirts and thrift store glad rags.

Waiting for the Test Results

Mary Tuel

My birthday was last week, and a couple of people wished me “the happiest birthday ever.” Oddly enough, that is exactly what it was. I had some biopsies done six days before my birthday and I was waiting for the results. Many of my friends and family members have had cancer, and I thought it might be my turn.

Don't Call Australia in the Morning

Mary Tuel

As I am writing this, it is May 20, 2011. According to some people who have been getting a lot of press lately, the end of the world is supposed to occur tomorrow, May 21. If that is the case, it won't matter that I didn't get my column in before deadline today. 

Grandma's Diary: Nine

Mary Tuel

When I started writing a column for this paper nine years ago I wrote about you and titled the column, “Grandma's Diary.” You were my newborn grand daughter then, and the apple of my eye.

Doggerel and Other Invasive Species

Mary Tuel

It’s been a good week for doggerel here at Casa Tuel. It started out innocently enough. It began as I was digging out buttercups: