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From the Lemonade Stand: 3:00 am Multidisciplinary Word Problems
(Disclaimer: don’t read this if you have a touchy tummy…) At three am, a ten-year-old boy awakens from sleep with a sense of deep unrest in his abdomen. He staggers out of bed, racing for the bathroom, and makes it … Continue reading
Fledging
Several days ago, Chester the 77.4 pound yellow labrador retriever leaped from the car and raced into the backyard. Ten seconds later, he had located and cornered a fledgling robin in the soccer net. The avian parents screeched and wheeled … Continue reading
A Love Letter to My Husband
Dear Ace: The Franklin Bridge is under construction, traffic diverted away from the exact spot where you suggested that we “run the race of life together” lo these many years ago. I’m tempted to zip in under the cover of … Continue reading
Yes Means Yes – and No Still Means No!
“Sex at the U gets a new set of rules.” This is the tantalizing front-page headline that greeted readers of the Star Tribune on July fifth. To add to the sensationalism, the Strib plastered the opening paragraphs next to a … Continue reading
Fun With Fluorescein
Well, there’s good news and bad. The good news is despite an unfortunate meeting of Ace’s billcap and my eyeball, I do not have a corneal abrasion. The bad news is that the aim … Continue reading
No Words, Only Tears
You know that feeling behind your eyes, the tightness, the stretching. A heaviness sitting between your ribs, preventing you from really getting a good breath. That’s what Wednesday did to me. Another domestic terrorist let loose his hatred and murdered … Continue reading
The Thin Line
Between compos mentis and dementia, between memory and life, between the past and the present, Falls the shadow. A Neverland of possibility. Nothing to undo. Nothing to be done. In this shadow space lurks awareness, knowledge of history, hope for … Continue reading
Can I Get a Do-Over?
I drove down to Mayo in the dead of winter for my medical school interview. The winter wind is extra special in southern Minnesota. Anything lighter than my 2500 pound 1986 Volvo would’ve blown right off the road into the … Continue reading
Here’s What I Do Part II – Updated Nontoxic Products List
I first posted this in January of 2014. Thought it was worth updating. A couple years ago I went a little berserk, dragged all our health and beauty products out of every crevice of the house, and ran them through … Continue reading
Blessed Be the Tie That Binds
My maternal grandmother died in a car accident, when her brakes went out on a winding mountain road in California. Margarette Fairbank Dyson Milanese was a tiny woman, barely five feet tall, with a wavy pin-curl bob and starched white … Continue reading