How to Save a Life

And I would have stayed up with you all night–Had I known how to save a life. The Fray, “How to Save a Life” The tenth season of Grey’s Anatomy premieres tomorrow night.   For the cognoscenti, this means we will find out what happened after the cliff hanger of last season:  Will April really leave… Continue reading How to Save a Life

A Different Kind of Mask

“I want them to live again to the point where pain becomes art.” Lawrence Durrell,  “Justine” I have always loved masks.  Near sighted likely from birth, a fact which was discovered significantly later, I never minded stumbling around our neighborhood on Halloween, my already deficient depth perception further stunted by my Bugs Bunny mask.  To… Continue reading A Different Kind of Mask

The Glass Is Half Full

A couple of weeks ago my nurse came to me with a request for a consultation.  Since our schedule has been packed full lately, she’s been asking me where I can squeeze patients in.  She said, “I’m not sure about this one—he says you treated him twenty years ago and he wants to see you. … Continue reading The Glass Is Half Full

Facebook Flicks

Fourteen years ago, writer/actor/director Christopher Guest made a little movie called “Best in Show”, supposedly a movie about dog shows, but more accurately a very funny movie about people who show dogs.  The film was eagerly anticipated in the dog show world, since many of us knew which dogs of each breed had been chosen… Continue reading Facebook Flicks