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Too old…for an engagement ring
My first trip around the marriage carousel, we bought the full set – engagement ring and two bands. They were very cheap (we were on a tight budget), and they bent easily. By the time we split up, they were broken. My second trip around the marriage carousel started without a clear engagement. We moved…
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The Idea of Him
When I met him in the first few weeks of my freshman year of college in the depths of the rural midwest, he was wearing a dashiki shirt and sandals made from old tire rubber, I thought I’d met my soulmate. He was six and a half feet tall, with strawberry blond hair, and grew…
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Ski day
It looks like the snow is finally gone (i hope), so before the memory fades, let me document my day off skiing with the boys. It was a Sunday, and Dad was out of town for the weekend for a business trip. When we first met, he was an avid skier, but we haven’t gone…
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Where I See Fashion
I mentioned the other day that I find the social mediasphere to be daunting, but it does allow one to run across cool stuff. Here’s another random Tumblr find that I found just stunning led me to this page: http://honestlywtf.com/art/where-i-see-fashion/ Here’s an example that I find breathtaking: Gorgeous, isn’t it? The original posting is by…
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End-of life discussion, part two-B
I forgot to add, in my last post, a description of the last encounter I had with the husband, Ted, at the end of our visit that day. We had done our examination of Eleanor’s wound, and the nurse was repacking the wound-vac dressing which was helping in the healing process. I stepped out of…
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Cross-Stitching Science! Alicia Watkins of… | Art & Science Journal
I tend to get overwhelmed by all the various social media options – the omnipresent FaceBook, and then Twitter, Tumbr, Pinterest, Flipboard, etc etc etc. But, I happened across this, thanks to one of those various tools (I think it was Tumblr, but I can’t recall for sure). Anyway, this post was very cool, and…
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End-of-life discussion, part two
I started a post about “End of Life Discussions”, and it’s taken me awhile to get back to it. Life got busy. But the thoughts have persisted… So, I was sitting in a clinic exam room with my patient, we’ll call her Eleanor, and her husband, we’ll call him Ted. And I launched into my pitch:…
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Laughter – real or fake
Fake laughter doesn’t fool the brain, research reveals http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/JHxArNpdDQQ/140319222503.htm Did you know today, in addition to being the first day of Spring, is International Day of Happiness? Hope you have occasion for genuine laughter today!
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Google doodle – celebrating Spring
This Google doodle made me smile – go to www.google.com, and check it out for yourself (up until midnight, tonight, I guess). We’re definitely ready for spring, after a more brutal than usual winter, with a snowstorm as recently as last Sunday! Today, it’s a bit breezy here in Baltimore, but 53ºF feels downright balmy!
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Divorce, in hindsight
Divorce has been a defining fact in my life, although, thankfully, not the only defining one. My parents separated when I was eight years old, and their divorce was finalized when I was about 10. The first time I married, I was still a teenager, and, yes, the marriage was precipitated by the impending birth…
