Michelle Roger

How do you cope with a long-term, debilitating illness that has no name? It was coming. Time was ticking down. I traced the edge of the table with my finger. Increasing tension and a haggard nail drove a series of small pale gouges into the ruby-brown patina. He sat on the other side of the […]

Earlier this year I had a ceremonial burning. I dragged my body up the steep stairs to our study. No mean feat when your muscles are wasted and weak, and your blood pressure has a fondness for dropping at the most inconvenient of times. I went through my folders and my filing cabinets. Thesis, work […]