Storyworth chapter on books
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...
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Jan 16, 202211 min read
WHAT PATIENTS SAY/WHAT DOCTORS HEAR
Danielle Ofri, MD, who wrote this book on patient-doctor communication is a chip off the old block. Her book explores the practice of...
Dec 8, 202112 min read
First Principles by Thomas Ricks
This book is a bit esoteric. It studies the education of our original revolutionary leaders and ties it to the history and development of...
Dec 8, 202111 min read
Christmas Stories
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....
Dec 8, 20213 min read
RECOMMENDATIONS 12/21
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...
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Recommendations November 2021
RECOMMENDATIONS NOVEMBER, 2021 Movies: It is with some relief that I can recommend Dune; The book was wonderful and the first movie so...
Nov 7, 20218 min read
DID YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG IN HIGH SCHOOL?
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....
Nov 7, 202110 min read
ODYSSEUS IN AMERICA
ODYSSEUS IN AMERICA There are two good books stemming from the Viet Nam war that explore the combat experience and its effect on human...
Oct 5, 202112 min read
The Premonition
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...
Oct 5, 202111 min read
KENYA
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...
Oct 5, 20211 min read
RECOMMENDATIONS OCTOBER 2021
BOOKS: The Premonition by Michael Lewis The Great Influenza by John Barry Roughing It . Mark Twain MAGAZINE: October's The Atlantic--The...
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Recommendations September 2021
Recommendations for September: Books: Canvas by Kathy Weyer—no rape/no murder/no extraordinary physical or mental abilities—just life...
Sep 3, 20216 min read
YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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...
Sep 3, 202112 min read
My Unusual Relationship With Horses
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...
Aug 5, 20211 min read
August Recommendations
Shows: On Apple TV: Shigadoon, Ted Lasso, and 1971, the year music changed On Amazon Prime: No Direction Home, a documentary on early Bob...
Aug 5, 202111 min read
The Four Americas
THE FOUR AMERICAS By George Packer George Packer is notable for writing found in the New Yorker and The Atlantic from which this is...
Aug 5, 20218 min read
Georgia's Voting Law
I live in the state of Washington. We have as strong a “left/right” polarization as anywhere in the country (world) but we have a unique...
Aug 5, 20216 min read
Kernie's 60th birthday
When my mother died, she passed on an autobiography of some two hundred pages. I found of most interest, her recollections from her early...
Jul 7, 202114 min read
Tres And My Most Dramatic Suicide
Tres and a Most Dramatic Case of Suicide These recollections flows from a recent article in the American Academy of Family Practice...
Jul 7, 20211 min read
Recommendations July 2021
July Recommendations: Music: I had a high school reunion this month and at many of the venues, music from the 60’s. I was reminded of my...
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