Tuesday, July 1, 2008

 

a blurb from the bOOb lady!!

"Cancer Is a Bitch smartly illustrates how breast cancer impacts our roles as wives, mothers, lovers, and friends. Gail Konop Baker's candid recollections are also filled with extraordinary hope and humor. Her 'mammoir' is witty, wise, and wonderfully written." Elisabeth Squires, author of bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls


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Sunday, June 29, 2008

 

so I'm in shavasana yesterday...

and I'm thinking, even though you're not supposed to be thinking in yoga or if you are thinking you should "recognize the thought and let it go." But I don't. Instead I hang onto the thought as if it's the last thought I'll ever have. That's what always scares me about yoga and "not thinking." I'm always wondering, what if I empty my mind and that's it. You know what I mean? Anyway, I'm in shavasana and I'm thinking that a lot of my life is spent thinking about what I should do to get ready or gear up or prepare for the next thing and I do this because I think if I'm prepared, if I've thought it though then I'm likely to get the best result. But it occurs to me that by doing all this getting ready, gearing up, even picturing an outcome that's good, I'm actually limiting the possibilities. In a way it's like putting the future into a box controlled by the limitations of my mind. Is anyone following this? If you are, my thought is I want to stop doing that and open myself up to possibilities I can't yet imagine...

also I'm blogging at The Ball today about the 4th of July

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Friday, June 27, 2008

 

thoughts on facebook addiction....

my name is Gail and I am a facebookaholic. Seriously, the lure of facebook is stronger than I expected. So I'm trying to figure out if there is some subliminal message that's woven into screen sort of like the previews at movies that used to make you HAVE TO HAVE POPCORN IMMEDIATELY! Has anyone checked this theory? If you have, please let me know... in the meantime, you know where to find me...

In good news: HEALTH Magazine is publishing an essay I wrote about how training for the NYC Half-Marathon after my surgery helped heal me. And my galleys went out late last week which means people are reading my book RIGHT NOW (maybe). But the thought of that makes me feel... excited exposed amazed. Please send good vibes out for me! (I'll do the same for you anytime)

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

 

I haven't disappeared just been sucked into the facebook universe

come save me...

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Monday, June 23, 2008

 

my interpretation of "beauty products" I can't live without...

on the debutante ball all day. Share your list!

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

 

goodreads is soooo good

I'm probably the last reader on earth to discover goodreads, but if you haven't, check it out immediately. It's like Myspace for book lovers. If I didn't have the husband and a book and another daughter about to launch and my son's Little League games and a new book to write and dishes and laundry... I could spend all day there. Let me know what you think!

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

 

i'm holding a galley of CANCER IS A BITCH in my hand

it's real really real... really and I might cry now...

more thoughts on the galleys... my daughter took one to the pool and my son is sitting on the couch reading one and it feels both empowering and a bit magical to have turned that shitty year into this...

Update: Came down from my shower to son quietly reading and he said, "Mom, this is a page-turner. I can't put it down."

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