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    Exam Room With Breast Disease Poster
    Posted in cancer personal experience

    Cancer is a Full-Time Job

    Did you know that getting diagnosed with cancer is a full-time job? I had just assumed it would consume me emotionally, but really it hasn’t at all. It’s just consumed my calendar. Here’s an accounting of the first month’s worth of appointments.

    Posted on August 13, 2020 by themoderngal
    T-Rex Air Plant Holder With Plant
    Posted in cancer featured life

    Allow Me to Answer Some Questions

    I have breast cancer. Surprise! Also, I haven’t blogged regularly in **checks notes** over six years. All it took was a good, solid tumor, but I’m back, baby! And I have some answers to your most frequently asked questions.

    Posted on August 1, 2020 by themoderngal
    Grand Tetons with Clouds
    Posted in featured travel

    Two and a Half Days in the Grand Tetons

    Grand Teton National Park is compact enough that you can do a lot there in a short stretch of time, and the mountains are ever present so it’s easy to feel intimate with them.

    Posted on October 17, 2018 by themoderngal
    Christmas Tree
    Posted in holidays

    ‘Tis still the season

    So it’s Jan. 11, and the Christmas tree is still up. Whoops. I like to think that opting to go to the gym on weeknights and visiting my best friend…

    Posted on January 11, 2014 by themoderngal
    Lucy and Penny | The Modern Gal
    Posted in home personal experience pets

    Us vs. Them

    I am completely embarrassed and humiliated to admit that the previously shared mouse story has become a full-blown Situation. Embarrassed because it’s easy to assume the presence of mice is…

    Posted on January 6, 2014 by themoderngal
    Posted in health and exercise holidays music personal experience

    Patience

    I absolutely love this time of year. I love the sense of a new beginning, even a calendar-driven one. I love how the current starkness and coldness of nature provides…

    Posted on January 2, 2014 by themoderngal
    Posted in home pets

    The creatures were stirring

    Another month or two has gone by, and I haven’t written a single post. I miss writing here so much but am hamstrung by my brain when it comes to…

    Posted on November 18, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in public service announcement social time technology

    Rockin the ‘Tober and KEEN Digital Summit

    Sooooo, where was I? Actually, I have no idea. Let’s start here: Today is the first day of October. That means it’s also the first day of Rocktober, which is…

    Posted on October 1, 2013 by themoderngal
    Posted in childhood music

    Flashback Friday: The step in my groove

    Because the radio stations in Knoxville are, on the average, terrible and because I spend 40-50 minutes a weekday commuting now, I splurge on Sirius radio. I love a wide…

    Posted on August 16, 2013 by themoderngal
    Oof by Edward Ruscha
    Posted in art budgeting and finance health and exercise

    Austerity August

    Money … … amirite? An anniversary, two birthdays, a reworked knee (and physical therapy’d) knee or a culinary tour of New York could all find ways to wreak havoc on…

    Posted on August 7, 2013 by themoderngal
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