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A Blog About Ocular Melanoma, Multiple Sclerosis, Religion, Writing, Life, and Death

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Author: Kathryn Carson

I have Multiple Sclerosis, Hashimoto's Hypothyroiditis, and a black belt in taekwondo. I'm also an ocular melanoma (OM) survivor, and a sort-of Buddhist. My odds of being all these things is roughly one in a gazillion. This explains why my writing might be kinda obsessed with apocalypse...societal, religious, and personal.
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Right Livelihood

6 Dec 202112 Dec 2021
I've known since I was a very young child that I wanted to do nothing but read. I've also known since I wasn't much older that I wanted to be…
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The Great Resignation

29 Sep 202129 Sep 2021
I've written before about my husband's job. His difficult, difficult job: https://katuvaggio.com/2020/08/24/how-the-us-falls-apart/ https://katuvaggio.com/2018/11/05/to-save-time/ If you haven't read those posts, I highly recommend you take a coffee break before you read…
OM

Feeling Like Dumbo

4 Jul 202125 Aug 2021
A friend on Facebook asked, "Tell me one thing you love about you." The following is what I wrote back (and I still can't believe I posted it in public,…
OM

PRIDE Month

30 May 202130 May 2021
Because PRIDE is in June, I just had to indulge in the "Colors Challenge" out at Vocal Media. I won an "honorable mention" gift from the folks who run the…
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One Big Bardo

3 May 20218 May 2021
After reading an NYT article about languishing, I started wondering, "How many years of my life have included some kind of upheaval, something big or life-changing, and how many years…
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Fun with Writing

7 Mar 202129 Mar 2021
I ended up having fun with a writing contest. A $20,000 prize? Requirements include a surprise $20,000 as the crux of the story, and a little black notebook as a…
OM

Discipline vs. Talent

28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021
One of my writers' group members is a later-in-life writer. He's had a bit of a crisis lately, wondering if all the hard work is worth it. He's been worried…
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How the US Falls Apart: One Trade at a Time

24 Aug 202024 Aug 2020
Central Virginia is six COVID cases away from losing 80% of its hospital imaging capacity. I wish I didn’t know this. I wish this weren’t true. I wish I were…
MS…

Altered States III: Illness

10 Aug 202023 Dec 2020
"What's real?" --Judith Personal note: This was written back in August, five months after the start of coronavirus lockdown in our area...and three months after George Floyd. Frankly, I've been…
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Right Concentration

9 May 202019 May 2020
“Do you have the patience to waitTill your mud settles and the water is clear?Can you remain unmovingTill the right action arises by itself?”--Lao Tzu Recently, my 11 year old…

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Kathryn Carson

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Midlothian, VA 23112
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