Winter Magic

Maya went to our neighbor's house yesterday and made this beautiful "gingerbread" house. I needed a background to shoot the house, so Keri ordered last night's snow.

Back from Outer Space

Round four (of R7112) ended Tuesday night and I am feeling better. On this last cycle I decided (with permission from Hoffamn-La Roche) to take the drug at night, hopping that I would "sleep-off" the side effects. I am not sure if the change in schedule worked. Maybe. I felt less tired this time and so I was a little bit more active...

What did work was Uni (Japanese word for sea-urchin/ouriço-do-mar) Sushi,

Ginger


and Zé´s infinite patience with me when my appetite is reduced to zero and my taste buds messed up.

Just like Baby

Zaza, who you may know as Elsa's Jimmy Fund Walk partner, has a dog named Baby. Elsa swears that Baby can tell when she has a tumor. Now, scientists at Queen's University in Belfast decided to spend money to find out what Elsa already knew- that some dogs can tell when you are sick. Baby apparently is a cancer detecting dog, just like these and these.

I guess not!

Spring?

stop-motion

My first attempt. What do you think Francisco?
... I know, the camera moved a few times ;)

Sixteen already?

Hoje estou um pouco emocionada. A minha Pipinha faz dezaseis anos. Já????? Nao pode ser.


Os bolos da vovó Marlene.

My first-born turned sixteen today. Zé says that now I have to act like an adult ;)
Since I am not very good at baking and decorating cakes, I spent part of the day remembering and scanning photos of Filipa´s past birthdays. My mother is the great artist that made most of these beautiful cakes.

The Medical Tourist

Another One in 8 Million girl. Click here for the sound and fantastic photographs by Todd Heisler from the NYT.
Mary Elizabeth O'Donnell-Moore is treated at Sloan-Kettering for Ewing's Sarcoma.

The Walker

Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Click here to hear Maggie Nesciur and see the Todd Heisler's photographs.
from the collection One in 8 Million, stories of New Yorkers in sound and images.

Maggie Nesciur walked miles and miles even during treatment for Rhabdomyosarcoma.