Uneasy Pink

How did you find out?

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:12:00 PDT

An article from the LA Times this summer brought back my nightmare. Anyone who has undergone a biopsy or other test to detect cancer knows the agony of waiting for the test...

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Bittersweet

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:34:15 PDT

A few weeks ago, my eight year old son lost a tooth. My husband and I totally forgot the tooth fairy during the overnight REM sleep, so I went in early in the morning. When I had my hand...

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Pa-pa-pa Poker Face

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:56:00 PDT

Bluffing is not always the best option, particularly when you are simply trying to avoid looking stupid. Several times in my life I have avoided asking a question then realized that I’ve gone...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:31:26 PDT

Amber Eavan Boland It never mattered that there was once a vast grieving: trees on their hillsides, in their groves, weeping— a plastic gold dropping through seasons and centuries to the...

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Now what?

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:31:00 PDT

Tuesday was my first day home alone of the school year and it was intimidating. A childhood story came to mind. I remember being on the Dodge'ems at the amusement park. It might have...

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Milking Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:31:00 PDT

I had an opportunity to talk to some women from Breast Cancer Action during an online press conference on Tuesday. From now through September 24th, they are working with other...

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Single dose radiation

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:15:00 PDT

A study was released earlier this summer regarding the effectiveness of single dose radiation. As some perspective, women with breast cancer are usually given radiation after the removal of a...

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More cause marketing examples

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:12:04 PDT

As we careen toward October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I've decided to start a file of questionable uses of the pink ribbon. First a disclaimer: This is not a black and white situation to...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:31:06 PDT

Sorry for the spotty posting this week. Turns out Mama needs to adjust to the back to school schedule too. As summer fades into fall, I always get a little nostalgic. I put this poem...

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Cause marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:31:25 PDT

Yesterday I mentioned pinkwashing. Serendipitously, NPR ran a story today about cause marketing, corporations that team up with non-profits. Here's an interesting quote from the...

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Last day of summer break

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:31:28 PDT

Usually I'm jumping out of my skin with excitement for the kids to go back to school. Not so much this year. We had a good summer and I could stand another few weeks of it. But it's...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:45:00 PDT

Today I am featuring my two favorite poets in the world. They are both extremely talented people, but I may be a tad biased by the fact that they're my kids. My daughter took a writing...

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EPL

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:58:00 PDT

Three years ago I read Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love. To be more precise, I listened to it on audio to and from work back when I had a long daily commute. It was read by the author,...

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Local cow

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:46:00 PDT

For the last few months, I have been trying to make food decisions that are better for me, my family and the world in general. It's hard to break away from the convenience and relative...

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New Showtime Show

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:31:00 PDT

I caught the premier of The Big C, a new Showtime offering staring Laura Linney. I would have missed it entirely, but my husband thought I might be interested. I knew nothing about the show...

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Engineering Pharmaceuticals

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:09:00 PDT

I heard an interesting radio show on my local NPR station. Produced by Purdue, it offers an hour long introduction to the issues and challenges surrounding the pharmaceutical industry....

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:03:00 PDT

Honey by Connie Wanek Luxury itself, thick as a Persian carpet, honey fills the jar with the concentrated sweetness of countless thefts, the blossoms bereft, the hive destitute. Though...

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When's Yoda coming over?

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:53:49 PDT

This parenting thing is definitely harder than it looks. I have hardly any room to complain because somehow I hit the jackpot with both of mine. Of course we've had some challenges that I...

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The Importance of Remembering

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:36:42 PDT

I've been avoiding this post because thinking about this story makes me sick. But it's entirely because it makes me sick that it needs to be remembered. On August 6, 1930, two African...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:57:00 PDT

Reliving Historyby Francette Cerulli This must have been what it was like the summer before the Great War, quiet towns just like this, men and women riding their bicycles through the...

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Thinking about the nature of our country

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:47:41 PDT

I spent a lot of time in the car today listening to NPR. The judge overturning California's Proposition 8 was all over the news. It has raised questions for me and also answered a few....

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Local book

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:44:18 PDT

Click here to read about local author Tami Boemher who has recently published a book about cancer survivors, From Incurable to Incredible. It is certainly an inspirational project. In...

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I'm fired up

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:07:02 PDT

Nope, not because it's 2,000 degrees in the Midwest with 6 gazillion percent humidity, although that doesn't help one bit. This story has been scrambling around in the background, but today it's...

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Wiki Whosits?

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:41:38 PDT

I remember in the early 1990s when the story broke about tennis star Arthur Ashe contracting AIDS. At the time AIDS still carried a heavy taboo and a certain death. USA TODAY got wind of...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:59:12 PDT

Begin Begin again to the summoning birds to the sight of light at the window, begin to the roar of morning traffic all along Pembroke Road. Every beginning is a promise born in light and...

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