One More Sunset

We walked up the beach at Crystal Cove and snapped this photo.

We are back home briefly, where we are getting ready for the family visiting tomorrow for the traditional Christmas meal of latkes (potato pancakes).

One small CLL Christmas present. Something special got a new official moniker. Her new name is Idelalisib but she called herself GS-1101 but everyone knew her as CAL-101. Reminds me of the Beatles' song Rocky Raccoon.

You heard it here first, though I am loathe to try to actually pronounce it or sing it.

I will have some interviews up my the end of the week and plan to review the good news from ASH on ABT-199 next.

To all those celebrating,

Merry Christmas 

Sunset at Crystal Cove

This is the view of last night's sunset from our tiny but cozy cottage studio right on the sand at Crystal Cove. It is only 15 minutes from our home, but it is a world apart.

No internet (without tethering), no chores, no room to do much other than read and walk and look and listen to the sea.

There is so much more to life than CLL. It is moments such as these that paradoxically make me forget all my struggles and also remind me of why I went through them.

More from ASH coming, but right now, I am loving hearing the waves.

Crystal Cove

No, this is not one of those horrific Thomas Kinkade paintings

This is a photo of one of the rundown yet to be rehabbed houses steps from the ocean in Crystal Cove.

The house we stayed in was from the 1930s and was communal with private sleeping rooms and shared kitchens and bath. The decor was fishing nets with the choice flotsam and jetsam that they might have dragged in.

Another reason I love this special place.