For the past five weeks, I have been visiting countless medical provider offices. I am tired of going to one provider to the next in the hopes of figuring out why I have what I have. I have been noted to be a mystery by many, while […]
Since I first saw the movie Silence of the Lambs, I wanted to be a a superhero. I know that Clarice was an FBI agent and not a superhero in the comicbook sense of the word. But to me she was a hero. I too could hear the […]
Have you ever looked forward to a day so badly to then only have the pains of life, both literally and figuratively, intervene in the way that day progresses? I feel this often happens to me. Sometimes, you build up days and events so much that there is […]
I love to travel. I like meeting new people and learning of new cultural scripts. I like walking around for miles and miles. I like trying new sauces. I enjoy working out at hotel gyms, even the tiny ones with just two treadmill machines. My son has taken […]
When I travel to a new country, I of course, whip out my camera. I don’t do selfies. I love photographing people crossing the streets. I love photographing architecture. I also love photographing signage. Signs can give you great insight into cultural scripts and norms, if you pay […]
When the lights go dim Where do you go? When the lights start to flicker What do you feel? When the noise shuts down What remains for you to hear? When the noise turns up How do you stall? When the blood runs dry How […]
I have never been much of a napper. As a baby I tended to be awake. I was constantly crying and then I was constantly talking. My mom used to say her head would often throb at the end of the day due to my constant and […]
One day at work I noticed that several of my staff at the clinic were running around giggling showing their wrist to each other. I got up to see what the fuss was about. Turns out they wear Fitbits and those little devices were reminding them […]
I was going over my calendar this morning and found that I will not have a free week until Mid-September. By this I mean, I am doing either business travel, travel back and forth between my two places or participating in day-long meetings and the like. I […]
Her hands were bleeding profusely. She drank from them to stay hydrated. She was so thirsty but she had to keep moving. The sun was about to set and she couldn’t let herself be caught. They would show no mercy. It was barbed wire after barbed wire. […]