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To Make Something Beautiful

November 18, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

I don’t know about you, but it’s always hard to see the last leaves fall. Here in Portland, we still have a lot of stunning color, but the winds and rain are here in earnest, and the leaves won’t be around for long. We’ve been taking long walks with Fly, our dog, and when we come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, People, The Writing Life Tagged With: Beauty, cancer, Mary Oliver, Memoir, Personal Essays, Story Circle Book Review, Susan J. Tweit, Thanksgiving

Now available in Print! “The Beet Goes On”

September 1, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

A perfect 5" by 7" Gift Book especially designed for best friends, for family, for your favorite gardener or dog lover. **********          **********          **********          **********          ********* "It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Dogs, Friends, Grief and Loss, Life, Love, People Tagged With: aging, cancer, dogs, Erma Bombeck, Friends, gardening, humor, Susan Troccolo, The Beet Goes On, well-being, women

Susan Troccolo’s life beyond cancer: when the mind is not your friend

March 21, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

In the past year, I’ve lost two women in my family from cancer. I’ve felt the searing loss and pain that these deaths have brought, in part because I am in remission from cancer myself. Twice. Seventeen years apart. Because of that I know a lot about how my mind works with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Change, Grief and Loss, Life Tagged With: Anxiety, cancer, Change, depression, grief, Integrative Grief Therapy, Jenny Griffin, Lyn Prashant, mind, Ondrea Levine

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