(this is a draft of our new web site)

Meet the team Kathryn Irene Clark, M.S., Ph.D.                         Robert William Ike, M.S., M.D.                                                                        co-CEO (since 2004) co-CEO (since 2020) Auntie KC’s page: www.auntiekc.com Amazon Author Page: https://tinyurl.com/AuntieKC Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=new_articles&hl=en&imq=Kathryn+Clark# Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.clark.988 Blog: www.theviewfromharbal.com  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/robert.ike.9  Amazon author profile: https://tinyurl.com/IkeAuthor  X handle: @BobIke627778  Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?authuser=1&user=SdyZlNoAAAAJ  ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Ike-2?ev=hdr_xprf  C.V.  https://theviewfromharbal.com/2024/09/19/see-vee/  Classmates.com photos: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/people/robert-ike/5513161/gallery  MD unique identifier: NPI 1326123936 More about us WhileContinue reading “(this is a draft of our new web site)”

woe, woe, woe…

If George W. Bush were still commenting on social issues, he might say “is our children nuts?”  With reports of 15% of children 10-19, globally, experiencing a mental illness, according to the WHO (1), and 12 million American adolescents on psychotropic medications (2), ya gotta wonder.  Everything from family breakup, COVID, cell phones, the economy, and globalContinue reading “woe, woe, woe…”

Ovis aries hepar!  curried!!

How did I get this chunk of lamb liver and what can I do with it?  It all comes from working in a place with many multiply-talented young people.  My young colleague Michelle arrived in AA with a PhD on top of her medical degree and early success in the lab, parlaying it all into her positionContinue reading “Ovis aries hepar!  curried!!”

cowabunga!

I walk with quite a limp these days, and use a cane.  My favorite retort to those who notice and ask, is “surfing injury”.  Not a consequence of those many miles pounded in as I was pulled into the running craze, although I did curtail that activity because of achy knees.  My formerly pit pat retirement left meContinue reading “cowabunga!”

Mads

When I left behind my hippie-wannabe pseudo-intellectual ways as I left Ann Arbor for the first time, I also left behind my taste for foreign movies (called “international” these days).  It was the mid-70s and Hollywood was still in its heyday, with Star Wars, Bonnie and Clyde, Flashdance, Carrie, Alien, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Exorcist, FrenchContinue reading “Mads”

High, Semi-dry, January

I never managed to make sweet, willowy, athletic Denise my girlfriend.  We went our separate ways after graduation, she snaring Kevin – a U-M educated lawyer and all-around good guy – while I lucked into Kathy.  My reacquaintance with old ‘burg friends included Kevin and Denise, now a dear friend once again.  It was from Denise that IContinue reading “High, Semi-dry, January”

NAC me up Joe

“I feel bad for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” — Frank Sinatra “I’m not saying everyone should drink, it just worked for me” – Jackie Gleason “Alcohol doesn’t solve any problems, neither does milk”. unknown origin, but it had its ownContinue reading “NAC me up Joe”

All Souls

My dear Catholic friend Angie reminded me this morning that in her Church, today is All Souls’ Day, conclusion of the spiritual triumvirate they’ve made out of this cross-quarter day (halfway between autumn equinox and winter solstice) Samhain: All Hallows Eve (which we heathens know as Halloween), All Saints’ Day, and All Souls Day.  The firstContinue reading “All Souls”

mancave upgrade!

Timing is everything.  At my first stab at this blog, I thought I had the greatest lead-in: “Should an older man on the eve of his 39th wedding anniversary be spending time waxing over his mancave?”  There’s no relation between the two dates, only that some improvements in my mancave have finally settled in.  Our anniversary and that footballContinue reading “mancave upgrade!”