Hardware

August 1, 2019January 6, 2017

“Don’t move!” I sat as still as I could, barely breathing. The nurse barked at the technician, “Go get another gown and spread it under her feet.” Then it was my turn. “Okay, now stand up. Onto the gown. Easy, easy. There it is!” I too had seen the tiny silver ball roll down my … Read more

Jewelry

August 1, 2019August 21, 2016

1 necklace with a medical alert dog-tag and a hamsa. 1 silver ring. 1 platinum ring. 1 beaded bracelet. 2 silver bracelets. 1 gold hamsa bracelet. 1 pair of silver earrings. 1 daith piercing with ring. Four out of the pieces of jewelry I wear regularly are bloody brain-related. The med alert, the daith piercing, … Read more

Sounds

August 1, 2019July 21, 2016

We all agreed, first food then the piercing. After we ate our sushi picnic among the pigeons, Daniel, a recent Ph.D., Sara, an ex-student of ours, Royce, a husky-malamute mix, and I, set off for the piercing shop. Daniel asked, “Who should go first?” Sara was anxious. “I don’t like needles.” I asked her, “Would … Read more