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Fellowship of the Ring: The Outlander Wedding
During the ’90s I made several trips to Phoenix. I can’t recommend this city to anyone with a propensity for lung disease. To land at the airport, one must fly through a smog pancake. Oxygen mask, indeed. Jess and I … Continue reading
Culinary Misadventures -or- Oops! I Made Jelly!
I love the idea of eating off the land. Romantic self sufficiency. “Putting up” fresh produce by canning and freezing. But canning, really. You never know when the power will go out. Solar panels would take care of it. Yeah, … Continue reading
What Then Must We Do?
Dear man at the corner with the cardboard sign: You make me uncomfortable. Let me rephrase that. I feel uncomfortable when I pull up next to you in my relatively new Subaru Outback as I drive to our well-appointed home … Continue reading
Labor Day Weekend
You might think it’s been a quiet weekend at the in-laws’ cabin. A loon cries across the lake. September-green leaves whisper high in the treetops. No planes, no cars, no cell phones, no motorboats. Just the whir of the faithful … Continue reading
The Top 10 Reasons I Love the Minnesota State Fair
Sunday night. I just consumed cherries, a Tosca pear, orange sweet pepper, raspberries, and eight ounces of Citrucel in my after-the-fair cleansing ritual. Begone mini donuts! Get thee away deep-deep-deep-fried perch! Still giddy from my Friday Fair success (I went … Continue reading
Parenting: The Easiest Way to Get Arrested
Last week I completed my 45th year on earth. I feel like I’ve hit true mid-life, though statistically speaking I suppose I could be well past. My mom sustained a spinal cord injury in the 1950s that left her with … Continue reading
Twin Cities Breastfeeding Resource List – in honor of World Breastfeeding Week
Support for Breastfeeding Twin Cities Resource List * This list is provided for your reference and does NOT imply endorsement by me or anyone else. If you want the list as a .doc or .pdf, or if you … Continue reading
Touch
My clearest memories of medical school and residency are the concrete chunks of time devoted to learning the physical exam. Dr. Margit Bretzke teaching me her thorough approach to the breast exam. Practicing till I could perform Dr. Mitch Einzig’s … Continue reading
Grampa Sid’s Sharpie Legacy
I can picture the seagulls clearly, dancing along their proscribed circles, all in orbit around the hook hanging from my ceiling. The ubiquitous 1970s mobile. Mine with graceful arcs of silver metal, the birds dangling on their little tethers. Grampa … Continue reading
Rejecting John Green – A Love Letter
Dear John Green: Thank you so much for sending along your manuscript, The Fault in Our Stars, for my consideration. I’m afraid it is not quite right for our list at this time. You demonstrate startling insight into the teenage … Continue reading