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  • My [super basic] tips to help infrequent fliers hate traveling a little less

    My [super basic] tips to help infrequent fliers hate traveling a little less

    “You travel so much. I don’t know how you do it.” It’s rare that I go a week without hearing those words. My response probably surprises them: I actually love the travel. Sometimes my words are met with uncomprehending stares. Like, how could I possibly enjoy so many hours trapped in a metal tube jammed…

  • Surprises from Italy

    Surprises from Italy

    I didn’t expect Rome to be so charming. Someone said that spending three nights there was too long. I was told Venice would be impossible to navigate, and smelly too. People said Pisa wasn’t worth more than a drive-by. And so on. What a joy it was to be surprised by all I experienced in…

  • Am I the only one?

    I have a bunch of blog posts started but that I can’t quite finish. In the interim, here’s something fun inspired by my friend Sara Lang‘s Facebook post: What’s something you’ve done that you’re reasonably confident you’re the only person on my friends list who has done it? Two things quickly came to mind. And…

  • The latest and greatest

    Spoiler alert: this post features zero gross pictures. Apologies to the disappointed. Today was my most recent CT scan. As I mentioned before, I’m slated to have scans every three months for a year.  I prepare myself for the waiting, and yet I still find myself bewildered by the actual experience. In situations like mine,…

  • “I hope that’s not a @Cowboys star”

    There I was, minding my own business, as I approached the TSA agent handling the TSA Pre check in at LAX, when suddenly I heard the man say “I hope that’s not a Cowboys star.” “It’s Hamilton, sir,” I told him, moving my hair away from the embroidered logo on my sweatshirt. <div class="sqs-video-wrapper" data-provider-name="YouTube"…

  • Progress report

    Just a quick post to share the good news that yesterday I had my first CT scan since surgery and everything looks good. No sign of any tumors elsewhere. Celebrate! I’m cleared for three months. My next scan is scheduled for mid-April. The plan is for me to get scanned every three months for the…

  • A Woman’s Place is in the Resistance

    I went to the Women’s March in NYC today – perhaps obviously. Surely none of you pegged me for a Trump supporter.  (And if you did, please call a doctor to get your head examined ASAP.) <div class="sqs-video-wrapper" data-provider-name="YouTube" data-html="”> It was a wonderful day. I brought my patience because I knew crowds would be…

  • Shared grief

    I cried when I heard the news. It arrived, like most of what I consume in the moment: via Twitter. After I finished saying aloud “No!” I turned to Google. There were no new results in the News tab and I hoped against hope that someone had jumped the gun and gotten things mixed up. But…

  • The grey area

    “So it was benign, right?” “Well…it’s complicated” And so begins an awkward conversation with well-intentioned friends and colleagues. I know how to answer the question – sort of – but responding almost certainly requires me to veer into TMI territory. I am comfortable talking about what I have been through and what I face next.…

  • The best laid plans

    The best laid plans

    I went back to work about two weeks ago. And quickly realized it was too soon. Ouch. I had jumped the gun in my eagerness to act like everything was normal, and that I could be strong. Part of the problem was that my first day back involved a long flight in an uncomfortable plane…

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