Race for Life
Mar. 4th, 2011 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ewein2412My best friend from the Folklore Dept. at Penn is having a double mastectomy in 4 days. Given her age (mid 40s, like me), and the fact that her sister had the same pre-cancerous ductile growths in BOTH breasts, my friend is going for a pre-emptive strike. Once it (and reconstructive surgery) are done she will be considered Cured. She is stoic about it; I am a bit wobbly. Sara and I were discussing the situation (“Amanda is going to get better, isn’t she, Mummy? You say you always like to prepare us for the worst. You’re not lying this time, are you?”)… and the upshot is that Sara and I have decided to do the Perth 5 k “Race for Life” together and do a bit of fundraising in Amanda’s name.
Race for Life raises money for cancer research in the UK. As a Girl Guide, Sara’s been helping out on the support end of the Perth event for the past three years, and she was planning to run in it this year anyway, but when this thing with Amanda came up I decided to join her. We’ve set fundraising goals of £100 for me and £50 for Sara, and we share an online fundraising page here:
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ewein0210elizabethgatland
If you are so inclined, please help us out by sponsoring us with a couple of pounds or dollars or euros.
There has been a bit of hype in the press lately about a rise in breast cancer cases in the UK in the last decade, and they’re suggesting this may be due in part to poor diet, excess of alcohol and lack of exercise…. What is this, some kind of campaign to BLAME THE CANCER VICTIM? Of the four breast cancer victims that immediately come to my mind (one of whom died of it), none of them can be accused of ANY of those vices, and one of them is a teetotaller.
Anyway I suppose my point is that when it hits, it hits, and like a flying bomb it pretty much hits random targets.
The Perth “Race for Life” takes place on 26 June. I am sure you will hear from me again on this subject in the time leading up to it.
In other news… No news is good news.
The radio silence here re. my professional career is mostly due to me waiting for the All Clear to sound. At the moment, I am sort of bound by what I have referred to before as The Official Secrets Act. Oh what the heck, here’s an example (just an example, mind you). The work-for-hire series I’ve been writing debuts this spring in the UK. I can’t tell anyone what it is because it’s published under a pseudonym that doesn't belong to me.
You know, for years and years I used to pray not for my books to make me rich, nor for them to make me famous, but for them to be READ. And I suspect that finally a book I have written is going to be READ. But it won’t make me rich and famous, because I don’t hold copyright and it’s not in my name. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
Race for Life raises money for cancer research in the UK. As a Girl Guide, Sara’s been helping out on the support end of the Perth event for the past three years, and she was planning to run in it this year anyway, but when this thing with Amanda came up I decided to join her. We’ve set fundraising goals of £100 for me and £50 for Sara, and we share an online fundraising page here:
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ewein0210elizabethgatland
If you are so inclined, please help us out by sponsoring us with a couple of pounds or dollars or euros.
There has been a bit of hype in the press lately about a rise in breast cancer cases in the UK in the last decade, and they’re suggesting this may be due in part to poor diet, excess of alcohol and lack of exercise…. What is this, some kind of campaign to BLAME THE CANCER VICTIM? Of the four breast cancer victims that immediately come to my mind (one of whom died of it), none of them can be accused of ANY of those vices, and one of them is a teetotaller.
Anyway I suppose my point is that when it hits, it hits, and like a flying bomb it pretty much hits random targets.
The Perth “Race for Life” takes place on 26 June. I am sure you will hear from me again on this subject in the time leading up to it.
In other news… No news is good news.
The radio silence here re. my professional career is mostly due to me waiting for the All Clear to sound. At the moment, I am sort of bound by what I have referred to before as The Official Secrets Act. Oh what the heck, here’s an example (just an example, mind you). The work-for-hire series I’ve been writing debuts this spring in the UK. I can’t tell anyone what it is because it’s published under a pseudonym that doesn't belong to me.
You know, for years and years I used to pray not for my books to make me rich, nor for them to make me famous, but for them to be READ. And I suspect that finally a book I have written is going to be READ. But it won’t make me rich and famous, because I don’t hold copyright and it’s not in my name. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.