My friend Trina would have loved the second annual Based on a True Titty variety show, especially when the burlesque dancer Missmagnolia’s purple pasty landed on my mother. Aside from the all-in-good-fun atmosphere, which combined poetry, music, dancing, and humor, the event once again raised both breast cancer awareness and money for the Trina Fund. [...]
Tag: breast cancer
Happy birthday eve Kathy, we’ll see you at Lambeau!
It seems appropriate that more than 80,000 people will be on hand tomorrow to celebrate my sister Kathy's birthday. There will be beer toasts and brat fries, an F-16 flyover and a chicken dance. The whole Badger band will be at the shindig. I'm told there will be a football game as well. And, in [...]
A May Day MAYDAY
We celebrated May Day yesterday by opening our front door and finding the sweet May Day basket our neighbor Diane hangs from our front door knob each year. Full of fresh flowers (during warmer springs, plucked from her own garden), homemade candy, and other treats, the basket stands as another testament that we live in [...]
Blinded by the light
I had a parental epiphany during a breast cancer fundraiser, and it became a metaphor for the fight against the disease. Asked by my daughter Katherine to perform a reading, I stepped on a stage, looked out into the audience, and saw absolutely nothing but a blinding spotlight. Rookie revelation. Did you know this? Did [...]
Based on a True Titty
Tit. Boob. Knocker. Bosom. Cleavage. Jug. Hooter. According to a song on Urban Dictionary, there are 99 ways to say breast, most of which make us blush. We're pretty much a "chest" family around here as in, "Be careful how you sit in that shirt. Your (then we whisper this word) chest is showing." I [...]