“In a City Near You!”—Beyond Van Gough —a very nice exhibit using walls, floors, and pillars to demonstrate his work with accompanying...

“There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping off the heart like leaves in a dry season and rotting...

On the day when the small community hospital where Kernie worked caught fire, she received a call from a patient of mine. “Hey, Mrs....

Recommendations January 2022 Book: La Noche de Tlatelolco. Poniatowska—I take a Zoom Spanish class and this book was assigned. I started...

Important Books April 12,2021 This is an entry in my Storyworth book that asked, "What is an important book in your life?" There is no...

Danielle Ofri, MD, who wrote this book on patient-doctor communication is a chip off the old block. Her book explores the practice of...

This book is a bit esoteric. It studies the education of our original revolutionary leaders and ties it to the history and development of...

My father was a Captain in the Navy. He was also a pediatrician. My goal to be a doctor formed way before I had a clue what that meant....

Blog: Matt Taibbi is a 50-ish journalist who has a Blog and I subscribed a few months ago for $5 a month. I have a love/hate...

RECOMMENDATIONS NOVEMBER, 2021 Movies: It is with some relief that I can recommend Dune; The book was wonderful and the first movie so...

The following is an entry I made to the Christmas gift I received last year from my daughters. Each week, I am sent a question to answer....

ODYSSEUS IN AMERICA There are two good books stemming from the Viet Nam war that explore the combat experience and its effect on human...

The Premonition by Michael Lewis is one of the most interesting books I have read in awhile. It is provides a focussed look at the Covid...

Three times in the last six months I have met men from Kenya. They are surprised when I tell them I know this. I play that I recognize...

BOOKS: The Premonition by Michael Lewis The Great Influenza by John Barry Roughing It . Mark Twain MAGAZINE: October's The Atlantic--The...

Recommendations for September: Books: Canvas by Kathy Weyer—no rape/no murder/no extraordinary physical or mental abilities—just life...

While watching the grandchildren, ages 9 and 12 years, I asked if they knew who Benjamin Franklin was. The older boy said, “He was one...

As I child, I was astounded to learn that my mother did not know how to ride a bicycle. I mastered this by age 6 and could not fathom...