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A Broken Link
I went back in time, through many dozens of posts, after being alerted that one of a post’s links no longer worked. In repairing the link by finding another iteration of the same late-in-life Kurt Vonnegut interview, I could not … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Love and Loss
Tagged Bill Moyers, comedy, death, depression, depressive personality, faith, Freedom, Jonathan Franzen, Kurt Vonnegut, Maurice Sendak, philosophy, poetry, soul, tragedy, Winter's Tale
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Gathering Blue and Wisdom from Pooh
The nest on Jim’s twig wreath, just outside my window, is gathering more cornflower blue denizens. The parents are on high alert: one frequently mans the nearby pathway against intrusion, while one sits on the nest and swoops violently upwards … Continue reading
Posted in Love and Loss
Tagged blressings, Винни Пух, embroidery, Gathering Blue, husband, Jim, letting go, Mary Oliver, nest, philosophy, Tennyson, Wiinie-the-Pooh
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A Tale of Two Cities: Coffee in Cambridge and a Cracked Knee in Philly
There is a vast difference between the narcissistic “That could have been me” and the empathetic “That could be us.” It is not a mere matter of tense. In law school, rows of seats were tiered like an upside-down wedding … Continue reading
Posted in Love and Loss
Tagged art of medicine, Cambridge, cheese-steak, compassion, empathy, family, howling baby, love, narcissist, parenthood, Philadelphia, philosophy
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Life Lessons From a Mayonnaise Jar
I don’t know how many commencements I’ve attended, but I remember what the speaker at my husband’s medical school graduation told the crowd of new interns. He quoted the instructions on a mayonnaise jar: “Keep cool. Do not freeze.” That’s … Continue reading
