Suprise Me

The lost part of turning 75 on is easy to write. Yet, I hope I have found the perspective and patience to look forward rather than to wallow in the misery of the present. Read More

Health, education, and welfare: equality is improving, but progress is uneven. Read More

My vision has been bad for so much of my life, I can barely remember a time when it was good. Until now. Read More

"...one band, one club, and one gig." Read More

The first time I lied about my age, I was five years old. It was my parents’ idea. Our family was visiting the United Nations in New York – perhaps one of my older sisters was studying it in school – and to get in to the General Assembly gallery at that time you had… Read More

    When I see photographs of you, my breath catches in my throat, my eyes sting with the salt of tears. I touch your face with open lips hoping the kiss travels the distance to where you are.   You arrived on earth in splendor.  Your epoch beauty blown across time –  the white… Read More

Yes, I've chatted with the great beyond. Read More

There is no future reward after caring for an elderly person. Our best efforts end in death. Read More

I have not been married since 1994 so as long as I am going back in time I’ll go way back in time. In ancient Rome, it was believed that the bride was easy prey for vengeful spirits who would harm her. In order to confuse those spirits and chase them away, the Romans “invented”… Read More

Fleiss. Hmmm. The name might sound vaguely familiar to you…something about a woman…ohhh, right…Heidi Fleiss, the “Hollywood Madam” who, in the 1990s, ran an upscale prostitution ring in L.A. But what does she have to do with our prompt, Family Medicine? Heidi’s father was Paul Fleiss, my daughter, Erin’s, pediatrician. And when Erin grew up… Read More