Little Girls in White Dresses (First Communion) is the latest painting in the From Cradle to Grave: The…
How to be Scary with Your Body, Win Games, and Lose Coworkers
Last Saturday, I sat on a bleacher, watching my favorite 10 year-old play baseball. He is the catcher for his team. He has the proportions…
Consensus and Majority Rule are Siblings not Twins
Just because you are not in charge, it doesn’t mean you are not a leader. Anonymous I’ve thought a…
I Wish I’d Said It
If you walk into a room as if you own the place, no one will ever know the difference. My…
Social Media is a Gateway Vice
The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come…
Want to be the Next Eric Cropp? We’re Taking Volunteers
Just when I thought I had nothing more to say about pharmacist Eric Cropp, and the criminalization of medication…
Mid-Century Recipe: Shrimp Creole Redux
As a child, shrimp creole was my favorite meal, and my mother would make it for dinner after she got home from work on…
Back From Oz and Facing the Blank Page
But eventually, you have to sit down like every other writer and face the blank page. Anne Lamott …
April Fool’s Edition of Change of Shift
Dr. Dean of The Millionaire Nurse Blog hosts the new edition of Blog Carnival’s Change of Shift. My post about…
Health Care Reform: Stop Raining on the Parade
The parade barely passed by and confetti was still strewn on the streets, when insurance corporations went looking for loopholes in the Health Care Reform…
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