The first unusual phenomena I’ve been acutely aware of is the sunlight, and not just because there is so much of it, having passed the...

I finally got on a plane yesterday to return from Wisconsin back to my current home in Reno, NV.  I spent the last 3 weeks doing a locum...

Yesterday, on Christmas Day, I flew from my home in Reno, NV, to Minneapolis, MN, to start a new traveling physician job at a...

Many years before I studied to become a physician, giving thanks for the blessings in my life was the first part of my morning prayers.  ...

I grew up in the Green Mountain State (Vermont), lived for a short time as an adolescent in the Granite State (New Hampshire), and for my...

As the plane descended from the ash-colored clouds over Burlington, Vermont, I looked over the blunted orange and dark green leafed trees...

“Curiosity is the genesis of empathy,” were the astute words in my weekly email from writer Jeannine Ouellette. I'm taking a course from...

“When we get quiet enough, for long enough, we can hear the whispers, of what is right, of what is true, and most importantly, which way...

It's been a long time since I've written, too long for sure, but a lot has happened in my personal and professional life in the last...

The second full day in Yosemite started out better than the first. We got up early to get to the valley floor before the crowds and the...

It was Voltaire who is attributed with the aphorism “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” I have been contemplating this...

I had been looking forward to going to Yosemite for years. We finally lived in a place that was within easy driving distance. I could...

Stuck. Procrastinating. Directionless. Resistant. These are the words that come to mind when I think about my writing. Or more...

It took me many drives to work to realize what bothered me about this billboard. At first, I thought it was because I could not for the...

In 2001, Drs Friedman and Forster designed an experiment where two sets of college students were tasked to complete a computer maze,...

Yesterday I was finally able to go outside and attend to my yard and garden, as the smoke from the CA wildfires has finally shifted. Not...

Many years ago, a wise therapist gave me some excellent guidance in how to stay sane while parenting a teenager. “Set up a box of...

I have been working some sort of job since I was a teenager. My mother was approached at church the summer I had just turned fourteen by...

The hoo hoodoo hoooo hoo woke me up in the early morning hours. It was just after 4 am. My alarm would go off soon anyway, so I dragged...

I recently began a six-week writing course called The Listening Path by Julia Cameron. One of the assignments was to write down, from the...