Lovingkindness: My Experience Growing Grandiflora Magnolias From Seed

Two years ago, I became enamored of magnolia trees. It began with my observations of a particular tulip magnolia tree … More

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A Random Encounter: Nurse, Artist, and Tree

There’s a tree I walk past often, and on my way home from work one day I decided to take … More

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The Adventures of Nurse Niki Chapter 6: Sometimes The Job is a Diversion from Life

The Adventures of Nurse Niki The Adventures of Nurse Niki Chapter 6 is posted. It’s not a happy chapter. Niki feels disappointed … More

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Nurses, They’re Making Their Lists. Does Honesty Exclude Influence?

As 2012 draws to a close, editors compile their annual lists for publication: The Top 10 Worse Movies of the Year, … More

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Velcome to My FrankenMess: When Art & Food Go Awry

Welcome to my FrankenMess. For Halloween, I tried dipping pretzel sticks into melted icing to make them look like candy … More

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I Wish I’d Said It

There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. Susan Cain

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Cheap, Fast, Or Good

Last week I was on vacation, the centerpiece being a small family reunion of sorts at the home of my … More

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Diplomacy, Apologies and Boneheads

Diplomacy is as necessary to successful nursing as IV skills, medication administration accuracy, and critical thinking. In fact, diplomacy is … More

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Shift Observations: The End of The Dinosaur

With the care of an archeologist sifting for fossils, I hold his right arm for a second time, turning it … More

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Thank You, Even If It Might be Random

If the only prayer you ever say is “thank you,” that would suffice. Meister Eckhart Thank You. My oncologist called … More

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