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Welcome to My Not Chosen Adventure
A wild tale that includes a rare out of the blue cancer, as well as rainbow squirrels and protective dragons.
This book arises from a passion for open conversation about … hard stuff.
And … a passion for joy and love and life.
It is an ode to community.
It has over 140 color photos, mostly of plants and art, because I love plants and art, and I wanted it to be pretty.
$13.61 (at cost, zero profit to me), available on Amazon. I want this book
to be easily available,
to spark open conversation about bodies and loss and being human,
to help others on wild journeys feel a little less alone,
and to give hope and joy!
Contact info of Dylan and the Rainbow Squirrels: mynotchosenadventure@gmail.com
Video Performances and Stories
Patient Story At the Appendix Cancer Research Foundation (where my dad found the surgeon who saved my life!!)
I Want To Live (6 minutes, my appendix cancer journey)
I Want To Live - Live (6 minutes, my appendix cancer journey)
Small Intestine Saved My Life (10 minutes, 12 years earlier, my very unusual appendix rupture)
Small Intestine Saved My Life (the written version, 1000 words - third place winner in Published Writers of Rossmoor 2026 competition)
Upcoming Readings and Performances
October 18: Rossmoor TV Interview with Anna Mills
November 14: Keynote Speech at Dillons' Dream: Brentwood Veteran's Memorial Building, 5pm
February 11, 2027: Oakland Public Library (125 14th Street), 6pm
Spring 2027: Cancer Support Community
August 15, 2027: Stanford Alumni
Past:
September 18, 2026: LGBTQ+ Alliance Book Reading: Club Room, Creekside, Rossmoor
July 2026: LGBTQ+ Alliance Variety Show, Rossmoor
June 2026: LGBTQ+ Alliance Art Show, Rossmoor
May 2026: Acting Our Lives Performance, Rossmoor
Art (coming soon)
I make art to process and make meaning of this journey.
I made a painting with my port when it was taken out. I cried with joy. The nurse gave me chips ahoy cookies afterwards. I kept the wrapper, because I thought "port, " "ahoy" ...
I made a multi-media painting of my abdomen with no gallbladder, no spleen, no right transverse colon, part of my colon and part of my small intestine now gone. Honoring the organs that are no longer here, and sending love to the ones that still are.
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