This is a guest blog, tonight from my friend Jackie, who has shared wedding stories, dogs stories, friendship stories and love stories here. She wrote this piece a year ago, and wrote the postscript last week. This is for anyone who has ever experienced the loss of a loved on in the most painful way… Continue reading And Then There Was One
The Things We Save, The Things We Give Away
Since I just spent the last several months sorting through my own lifetime accumulation of “stuff” in order to get my house ready for sale, it was only fitting that I volunteered to chair the auction and raffle at the Scottish Deerhound Club of America’s annual National Specialty show, held in Richland, Washington last week.… Continue reading The Things We Save, The Things We Give Away
Love and Loyalty From the Souls of Dogs
“Such sadness and endearing and abiding love…” Fran I am by nature a “right brain” person—despite my training in science and medicine, I prefer paintings and photographs to words and mathematical constructs. Over the past two years of writing this blog, I have resisted on many occasions the urge to add pictures to this website,… Continue reading Love and Loyalty From the Souls of Dogs
Deconstructing the House
Photographer’s notes: Please have the home prepared before the photographer arrives. 1. Turn on every conceivable light. 2. Open window coverings. 3. Remove pool hose, pool supplies and backyard toys. 4. Open patio umbrellas. 5. Remove BBQ cover. 6. Remove cars and trash cans from driveway. 7. Remove laundry, toys and cleaning supplies, brochure stands,… Continue reading Deconstructing the House
Rethinking The Hunger Games
When the movie The Hunger Games was released in the spring of 2012, it broke box office records during its opening weekend. Not familiar with the books of the same name for young adults by author Suzanne Collins, I did not rush out to see it but I liked its young star Jennifer Lawrence, and… Continue reading Rethinking The Hunger Games
The Irony of It All, Part Two
The dogs are quiet today, sprawled out across their various rugs and beds in the family room. After the panic and anxiety caused by the fires here in San Diego last week and the heat that generated them, it is pleasant to feel the cool breeze created by opposing windows in my kitchen. I am… Continue reading The Irony of It All, Part Two
For Ellen
“to live in this world you must be able to do three things to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go” Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1 As a parent,… Continue reading For Ellen
I am Passionate About…
A few days ago I decided that since I have been officially retired for two months, it was time to change my profile on the LinkedIn social network. After all, the purpose of that network is to link business and professional people to potential opportunities and ideas. I needed to let contacts know that I… Continue reading I am Passionate About…
# WeddingFail
From Twitter today–jimmy fallon @jimmyfallon Hashtag game! Tweet out something funny, weird, or embarrassing that happened at a wedding and tag with #WeddingFail. Could be on the show! My friend Jackie just got back from a family wedding on the East Coast. She probably had no idea that Jimmy was auditioning #WeddingFail tweets for… Continue reading # WeddingFail
Feet Don’t Fail Me Now
On Friday, once again, I cancelled my elective bilateral foot surgery, cheilectomies to ameliorate the effects of decades of running miles a day on hard pavement and wearing high heeled shoes to work. Like many other physicians faced with the dilemma of elective surgery, the “what-if’s” got the better of me—what if I get an… Continue reading Feet Don’t Fail Me Now