My Third Eye: One Woman's Vision of the Great Mystery

Via the Paths of Creativity, Cancer, Folly & a Wild LOVE OF LIFE

Jane Underwood

Jane Underwood
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday
October 08
Title
Owner
Company
The Writing Salon
Bio
I'm a mother, writer, photographer (amateur), and owner of The Writing Salon, a school of creative writing for adults, in San Francisco. I'm also a woman living with breast cancer (since Aug. 2005), working to heal myself (and to understand just what that means, REALLY). Since I'm beginning this blog six years after my breast cancer journey began, the first post is a flashback to that fateful day. The rest of this blog will be, I suspect, a kaleidoscopic mix of past and present, as I refer to the first six years of living with breast cancer... but also focus on the present. And the present contains a whole lot more than just breast cancer. So be forewarned: I will frequently digress.

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Writerly Stuff
December 18, 2011 11:06PM
“A good theme, refreshingly "plain" (in the best way) rather than trendy. Ugh, trendy. I am so sick of trendy. At the risk of saying what has…”
About: The Case For Courage
December 18, 2011 10:56PM
“For me (barely can cook, certainly no chef), reading about food ITSELF gets boring very quickly. But reading about food within a larger context of emot…”
About: Is There Too Much Food Writing?
December 18, 2011 10:37PM
“My favorite part is the sweetness that transpired between you and your father. Lovely.”
About: Santa is Alive and Well
December 12, 2011 11:57AM
“Thanks for commenting on my blog, which allowed me to discover yours. I've jumped around and read three or four of your posts, and am now hooked on you…”
About: When Everything I Ever Wanted...Wasn't
November 23, 2011 12:32PM
“Thank you Jerry! I am smiling...I too have precious little physical (athletic) courage; I think I deserve a medal (or perhaps a certificate would be be…”
About: Circus Mom Memories
October 25, 2011 12:34PM
“My experience with resumes is only from the ones I receive from writers who want to teach at my small school of creative writing. I barely glance at th…”
About: Resuming: the Search for Work
October 19, 2011 05:29PM
“Yup. You said it all exceptionally well. I couldn't agree with you more. And I speak from personal experience as one who has been living with breast ca…”
About: Why I Don't Wear Pink Ribbons
October 19, 2011 05:18PM
“My faves from your list: I like getting ratings and comments. I like giving ratings and comments. I enjoy feeling that I'm in a community. I like seeing my…”
About: Why I Write - - Here
October 13, 2011 02:23PM
“Many good points in your piece. I liked his YouTube graduation speech, but I admit I never paid all that much attention to him before his death. I valu…”
About: Was Steve Jobs Really Insanely Great?
October 13, 2011 02:11PM
“Thanks so much -- Ande, Susie, GeeBee, Zanelle, Myriad, Beth, Buffy, Miguela, Bellweather, Lea, Dianne, Chicken Maaan, Pat and Liz -- for your generou…”
About: The Other Woman: She May Be Dying
October 11, 2011 09:53PM
“I really like the photo at the top, too. Wish I could make it larger. Did you take it? Lovely, in any case.”
About: Aspen Leaves of Grace
October 11, 2011 09:10PM
“I just turned 59 and can now, finally, say about menopause: "This too shall pass." For me it was much rougher than I ever thought it would be…”
About: Is There Life After 50? Define "Life"
October 11, 2011 08:53PM
“I love the turn that you took in the third and second to last paragraphs. Made me grin...and also recall the man who mistook his wife for a hat...”
About: Dramatic Conflict, with Cats
October 11, 2011 08:08PM
“A. I am now starving, even though I just had vanilla ice cream with pumpkin pie mix stirred into it. B. Your nightmare graph is so funny and good. C. Yes…”
About: Daydreams Du Jour
October 11, 2011 06:08PM
“I'm loving this series of yours.”
About: The Observer
October 11, 2011 05:48PM
“Love this: "...brief glimpses of deep craziness can suggest the power of that craziness more strongly. We spend most of our time on land, but 71%…”
About: Strangeness in fiction
October 11, 2011 05:44PM
“I know the flipper sounds snazzy, but I want the quinoa sifter NOW! Can't act on my quinoa craving until I possess the sifter.”
About: as seen on tv
October 11, 2011 05:36PM
“Thanks for sharing this with us. I was moved by it.”
About: A Penny For Your Thoughts?
October 10, 2011 07:51PM
“Thank you lovely people, for your kind comments.”
About: Apropo of Nada: Five Women I Like
October 06, 2011 03:54PM
“Bravo, you Bitch! You make so many great observations/statements. This is a truly complex subject (I've found this out since my own BC diagnosis in 200…”
About: Cancer Bitch
October 06, 2011 03:27PM
“Requested Hint: If you could see her image, the outfit she'd be wearing would be the antithesis of what Audrey is wearing.”
About: Apropo of Nada: Five Women I Like
October 06, 2011 12:10PM
“Very nice chatty, meandery write! I like your voice and the casual style you have here.”
About: A Writing Promise
October 04, 2011 10:32PM
“I empathize too - my only child/son left home on the West Coast to go not to college exactly...but to a 3-year circus arts school. . . in Montreal. Aft…”
About: A Mother's Pain
October 04, 2011 12:39PM
“Good post! I LOVE your title. Am smiling.”
About: Writing Under the Influence -- of Ibuprofen
October 04, 2011 12:18PM
“Thanks for sending this, Ande. Right up my aging/evolving/musing-all-t he-time alley. Love your writing. . . esp. liked the walking/ipod music graph. Al…”
About: LOVE THE PERSON YOU ARE NOW
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