Yo-yo time | the up and down of life and death
It’s yo-yo time folks. Please pull yours out and think of me. Down, up, down, up… Down. One day I am in enough abdominal pain (intestines, stomach, liver, kidneys) to want to die, and then I have
I look west
The sun rises in the east while I meditate and do yoga. Heat comes from the south during my practice time. The north remains cold. But I look west, to the setting sun. My time is setting,
New Life for Easter
Diagnosis Yesterday was the anniversary of my diagnosis of liver metastasis. A truly momentous occasion and reason to celebrate re-birth. For I have been born again — not in the common sense that I have adopted Christianity
Inner Smile
I’m crying. A lot. Unexpectedly. When I see my boys, or just sitting in a chair, not thinking about much. Sinking into my fear?. Fear of what? A tear? A query into life itself. Where from? Where
I will be.. | and Rufus returns
Cancer is a laughing matter First, please laugh again with me at these wonderful takes on the awful reality of cancer, penned by Trevor LaBarge, former student and dear friend here in NH. I asked Trevor a
In Sickness and in Health | a fool’s tale
Nancy, Frank and Fred | a love triangle or In Sickness and in Health | a fool’s tale My heart is full of love. It embraces Fred, my angry liver. [Please listen to Mercy, from Six Prayers
More Meditations and Prayers
Meditations being the theme of this post, I add a video of Rain in VT as recorded by Dieter Hennings, professor of music at University of Kentucky. Dear Dieter posted this during the past week in an
Cancer | I am the Gryphon
I wrote this post last October after failed retina surgery and a positive prostate biopsy. My prognosis has progressed as has my psychology about death, fear and career. But this stage was a difficult and important one.
Lost Dogs | Fear or Joy?
Between October 2018 and April 2019, I lived in limbo. I wrote this story at that time. I recently learned I had two forms of cancer. We watched both with regular checkups, not knowing if or when
Sacred Music by Frank A. Wallace, Part II
Daily life is sacred This video by my son Adam Wallace uses my playing of Reverence, Prayer #3 from Six Prayers on Six Strings to accompany his gorgeous photos of the High Line in New York City.
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