BS: Jeanne Robinson needs help (Author)

Subject: BS: Jeanne Robinson needs help (Author)
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Sep 09 - 09:48 AM

Jeanne Robinson is the wife (and co-author) of Spider Robinson, and if you've never read their/his stuff you really, really should. Spider also recorded the CD "Belaboring the obivious" and writes a column in Canadian newspapers. There's more info at his
website.

I've lifted a chunk from there -- they need help:

Earlier his year a brilliant surgeon, Dr. Andresz Busczowski, helped Jeanne Robinson beat back a rare and virulent form of biliary cancer. But it's so rare even he can't say how much time he's bought her, how soon it might recur—and her latest blood tests have been so discouraging they've now decided she needs to start chemotherapy as soon as possible. Besides the prescription drugs to counteract the chemotherapy, she needs special therapies and supplements, counseling, and extensive diet and lifestyle changes, to reduce her stress level and the strain on her liver to as close to zero as possible. All those things are expensive...and like many artists today the Robinsons were already running on fumes financially.

But Jeanne, a Soto Zen monk, has been spreading love and kindness in all directions for a long time. So her Buddhist sangha in Vancouver, her neighbors on Bowen Island, and friends as far away as Florida have all spontaneously come together to raise funds to help keep her around as long as possible. Your participation is welcomed. A Bowen benefit concert, "WE DREAM FOR JEANNE," will be held at Cates Hill Chapel at 7:30 PM on Friday Sept 18 details here; goods or services can be donated for eBay auction by contacting Jan Schroeder at , and PayPal donations can be sent to http://wedreamforjeanne.blogspot.com/.

You can read Jeanne's recent blog entry, The Third Act, to get a sense of how she's feeling at http://stardancemovie.blogspot.com/.

Jeanne and Spider both warmly appreciate your help, support, prayers or just good thoughts. (The links work in the original.)

Both are Good People, so pease send good thoughts and anything else you can to help out these Good People (even if they do live in Vancouver). And they are new grandparents....

Subject: RE: BS: Jeanne Robinson needs help (Author)
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Sep 09 - 05:11 PM

Refresh, 'cause they're good folks.

Subject: RE: BS: Jeanne Robinson needs help (Author)
From: Peace
Date: 04 Sep 09 - 06:57 PM

Indeed they are. Thanks, Rapaire.

Subject: RE: BS: Jeanne Robinson needs help (Author)
From: olddude
Date: 04 Sep 09 - 07:08 PM

they got my prayers