Sometimes a Cigar Isn’t a Cigar

The painter Lucian Freud died last week at the age of 88. The grandson of Sigmund Freud, he was a…

What? U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Looks Like Nurses?

This morning fellow nurse blogger Joni Watson at Nursetopia urges our friends here in Oregon, Nike, to make scrubs for…

It’s a busy morning at work and the schedule is full. IV pumps keep alarming and the phone never stops ringing.…

‎”Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first be sure that you are not, in fact, simply…

I don’t remember what year of my pediatric intensive care career I discovered an aptitude for electronic devices, but I…

This post was originally written as the artist’s statement for my series of paintings From Cradle to Grave: The Color…

A friend of mine talks about aspects of one’s life occurring between bookends. People use the cliché “things come around…

About Face is a new magazine in Portland, featuring interviews of local celebrities, artists, and entrepreneurs. You will find the…

Reluctantly, I sit at my computer writing this post. Tomorrow I will spend eight hours at a training computer learning…

I expected to return to work today, but a temporary administrative glitch changed those plans. Rather than languish at home,…