Out of admiration for the accomplishments of those brilliant buggers who figured out how to keep time (a notion I still find challenging), we visited the Clocks and Watches Exhibit based in The Forbidden City’s Fengxian Hall. Collected between 1736 and 1820, the...
Stripping is illegal in China. So when we saw a listing for a burlesque show in Beijing, we HAD to go. How would they perform burlesque, where one of the main tenets of this performance style is – as Miss Indigo Blue would say – Performer enters the stage...
Just another manic Sunday. The day began with a proper Easter “basket” for Rose filled with lettuce and Chinese candy. We proceeded to The Regent for a schwank Italian brunch, where we all lost sense of our inner editors and wounded ourselves eating WAY...
Who wants a big pile of fried grubs and bees? Now don’t all rush at once, there’s plenty to go around!
Deirdre Timmons
An accomplished writer and filmmaker, Deirdre Timmons is a native Northwesterner who leads a busy life between working and spending time with her family. In the spring of 2013, Deirdre was caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s in addition to her normal routine. So when she began feeling tired and forgetful, she chalked it up to her busy schedule, age, and possible early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. It wasn’t long after that she began experiencing regular dizziness, lack of concentration, unexplained weight loss, and extensive bruising. This combination of symptoms seemed odd, so Deirdre sought the advice of her doctor and subsequently began physical therapy for dizziness. When the symptoms worsened, she pursued further investigation.
After MRIs, x-rays, blood tests, a CAT scan, and a brain biopsy, her brain surgeon diagnosed Deirdre with a malignant medulloblastoma brain tumor. Her prognosis: one month to live. That was five years ago.
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