Tag Archives: Prostate Cancer

I Must Go to the Sea

Posted on 02/08/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

http://www.reluctanthiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMustGototheSea.mp3 I Must Go to the Sea The machine has stopped. The beams no longer batter the body. The doctor has proclaimed all is well. Breathing in the fresh air brings no relief mind weighed down with the weight of … Continue reading →

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Three Years

Posted on 02/01/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

Three years ago I was getting up every weekday morning at about 5:30 to get to the cancer clinic by 7:00 am for my radiation treatments. It’s not an experience you easily forget. It gets burnt into your being. Every … Continue reading →

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Book Progress

Posted on 12/14/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

I’ve been at work on my cancer poetry book. It is hard to measure progress, but I am up to 34 pages of stuff. There are 18 poems and five or six pages of other ‘stuff.’ I am still not … Continue reading →

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December 7th

Posted on 12/07/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy …” Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 in a speech to congress asking for a declaration of war. This day was a defining day in the lives of my parents. … Continue reading →