Apr 18
STOP Texting Me
While I hated texting at first, I have come to accept that it is probably the best way to communicate with family and friends....
Mar 24
COVID Year Four — Where Am I Now?
Out maskless at granddaughter's performance Reflecting back to March, 2020, we had just returned from our grandkids’ swim meet in Indiana...
Mar 15
QR Codes and Other Tech Frustrations
Our first TV behind our first baby, who is riding a low-tech wooden giraffe Our first TV was a wedding gift from my grandparents, which...
Feb 29
What’s Today’s Date?
During a recent hospitalization, someone came into my room and asked me that. Without my iPhone close at hand, I panicked for a second....
Jan 31
Medical Care in 2024: You Can’t Always Get What You Want (or Even What You Need)
I naively (and arrogantly) thought there were ways to avoid some of the pretty bad encounters my brother and friends have had recently...
Jan 15
A Hospital Almost Killed My Brother
Let’s get the personal blame game over quickly. My brother has just started peritoneal dialysis for advanced kidney disease. That part...
Dec 19, 2023
Pain
Despite efforts to make people’s perception of pain quantifiable or more objective (think all of those pain scale ratings, zero being no...
Dec 19, 2023
Seated Around the Table Part Three — My Kids and Grandkids
We opened the wall In 1624, John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself.” Of course, he was writing about the...
Dec 14, 2023
A City Divided and United
On November 30, 2023, the City of Evanston Equity and Empowerment Commission held a special meeting with one agenda item. It was to vote...
Nov 22, 2023
60 Years Ago — November 22, 1963
It is my first “where were you when this happened” memory. On November 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, I was...