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”
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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!”
how lucky
Listening to John Prine’s Spotify channel last night got me thinking about a project I started years ago and now might be about time to deploy. I’ll link John’s song about this at the end, but first let me relate the details. From my birth I’ve been lucky. After a while you wonder what the pattern means.Continue reading “how lucky”
Docere day?
My dear wife flew pretty high around the turn of the century as NASA’s Chief Scientist, an experience that informed the motivationql speeches she took to giving after her tenure there. To handle the proceeds from her efforts, she formed an LLC, Docere (doh-kaý-rah; from the Latin “to teach”). Over the years, we’ve taking to running anyContinue reading “Docere day?”
still musing
Yes, this is a shameless plug for an Amazon book, but also created to help readers that book to connect with all that is written. I ended up making 5 books out of blogs I’d posted during the pandemic. Musing through a Pandemic they were. In my haste to get them out in 2021, IContinue reading “still musing”
Auntie KC
So you know where it goes: years of NASA immersion, a decade of telling undergrads how to write, it can only come out as Children’s Books! That’s where my sweetie dove, big time, and we’re getting ready to reap the efforts. She’s dabbled in children’s books before, writing 2 that featured her nieces and nephews and theirContinue reading “Auntie KC”
Musings I.
My first book of compiled blogs from the pandemic years – there would eventually be 5, all titled Musing through a pandemic – contained my writings on coronavirus, whom I’d personalized as “Mr. Corona” (1). Looking back, it’s not a bad historical record. I got to wear my microbiologist/virologist’s hat as well as my doctor’s white coat. Plus,Continue reading “Musings I.”
quaternary
Hello to my dozens of readers and anyone else looking in. The term quaternary refers to the fourth order in a series. As a lifelong striving academic, I’m well aware of the quaternary milestones of graduation from high school, college, and medical school. The rhythm gets fuzzy after that: residencies – at least for internal medicine –Continue reading “quaternary”
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