I try not to sweat the small stuff. Really I do. But when I leave home, and leave my menagerie in the care of a house sitter, I am nothing if not explicit. The directions for the care and feeding of my four dogs and two horses (the cat got a reprieve from his Boston… Continue reading Make Yourself At Home
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Two Hundred and Nine Short Essays Later
Here I am in Boston, on the eve of my very first writer’s conference, feeling a bit like an imposter. After all, the extent of my writing so far has been this blog, apart from thousands of histories, physical exams and treatment plans over the last thirty-nine years since starting medical school. It occurred… Continue reading Two Hundred and Nine Short Essays Later
A Brief News Update From the Animal House
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I have quite a little menagerie here. In my animal loving prime, when I had a lot more energy than I do now, we had 5 Scottish deerhounds, one Brussels Griffon, two cats, two guinea pigs and eight horses, at least one of… Continue reading A Brief News Update From the Animal House
Get A Cat
I have to admit it—I never liked cats. Actually, to be more accurate, they never liked me. Where dogs would always drool and fawn, the cats I knew as a child were reserved and aloof, and heaven forbid you should touch them in the wrong place. The reward could be bite marks and a row… Continue reading Get A Cat
Six Pounds of Hamburger
Six pounds of lean hamburger, two roasted chickens stripped to the bone, two pounds of green beans, a large steamed pot of brown rice, a couple of pounds of hard grated cheddar cheese and I am ready to go. You might think that I am laying in provisions for a trip to the wilds of… Continue reading Six Pounds of Hamburger
I am a Dog Person
If it’s true that in this world there are cat people and dog people, I am most definitely a dog person. I cannot remember a time when I have had fewer than four dogs. Most of my like-minded friends think that this is normal. My chosen breed is the Scottish Deerhound. This is a very… Continue reading I am a Dog Person