Tree hugger, tour guide, top writer, feminist, newly-baptized Bay swimmer
Count All This — Chapter 15: is it over yet?
Just when Jo Kasten’s adult son encounters schizophrenia, she discovers she has breast cancer. Meanwhile, her marriage faces a test. Count All This is a story about love and loyalty, addiction and madness. This is the fourteenth chapter. Find the first chapter here.
Once we got Eddy home from the…
In Fourth Wave’s tiny pocket of the world, that dream comes true
I’m old enough to remember when the Internet was first invented. Or at least, when it was first made available to the common people. …
And how to start watching and identifying birds
A couple of articles got me interested in birdwatching. The first, on how to do nothing, (which I’m pretty good at), described a relationship the author had with some crows. She started leaving nuts out for them on her balcony and soon enough, they were following her down the street…
Count All This — Chapter 14: pick a card
Just when Jo Kasten’s adult son encounters schizophrenia, she discovers she has breast cancer. Meanwhile, her marriage faces a test. Count All This is a story about love and loyalty, addiction and madness. This is the fourteenth chapter. Find the first chapter here.
Sometimes I wonder if I brought these…
And how to counteract the spell
When I got breast cancer, just like my mother who died of it at age 55, and when my son got bipolar disorder, just like my father who died of a heart condition at age 60, I had to wonder: is my family cursed? Are the sins of my ancestors…
It’s green not to buy new, plus people are amusing
When I’m supposed to be working reading or writing or bill paying or grocery shopping or house cleaning or errand running or exercising or babysitting or audience building or supervising or organizing or learning how to be a more energetic and better person or…
I’m exhausted just thinking about the…
Count All This — Chapter 13: right this way
Just when Jo Kasten’s adult son encounters schizophrenia, she discovers she has breast cancer. Meanwhile, her marriage faces a test. Count All This is a story about love and loyalty, addiction and madness. This is the thirteenth chapter. Find the first chapter here.
My sister Claire came with Larry and…
Count All This — Chapter 12: genetics or a black magic family curse?
Just when Jo Kasten’s adult son encounters schizophrenia, she discovers she has breast cancer. Meanwhile, her marriage faces a test. Count All This is a story about love and loyalty, addiction and madness. This is the twelfth chapter. Find the first chapter here.
The night before I was scheduled to…
Count All This — Chapter 11: it’s not over till it’s over
Just when Jo Kasten’s adult son encounters schizophrenia, she discovers she has breast cancer. Meanwhile, her marriage faces a test. Count All This is a story about love and loyalty, addiction and madness. This is the eleventh chapter. Find the first chapter here.
They kept Eddy in the psych ward…
Patsy Fergusson
Tree hugger. Tour guide. Top Writer. Feminist. Newly-baptized Bay swimmer. Editor of Fourth Wave. https://medium.com/fourth-wave
