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- the beginning … October 9, 2016
- from starfish reproductive physiology to family medicine October 14, 2016
- The Fall, from this side October 16, 2016
- The Fall, from the Other Side October 19, 2016
- Left Neglect October 31, 2016
- Rocks November 1, 2016
- Life 0f the Spirit … November 2, 2016
- Sitting in the morning, with dogs November 2, 2016
- Sitting in the morning, with dogs, part 2 November 2, 2016
- Sitting in the morning with dogs, part 3 November 3, 2016
- Sitting in the Morning, with Dogs – part 4 November 3, 2016
- Sitting in the morning with dogs, part 5 November 3, 2016
- Sitting in the morning without dogs November 3, 2016
- Sitting in the Morning, Once Again with Dogs November 3, 2016
- The Fall, another attempt to describe November 7, 2016
- Ankylosing Spondylitis November 18, 2016
- Malas December 2, 2016
- So somewhere in there I became a homeopath … December 6, 2016
- Loons December 6, 2016
- Writers of my Life Story December 15, 2016
- Biofeedback December 28, 2016
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the beginning …
I’ve started this blog, as I wish to tell a story. It’s a very personal story, & as a rather extreme introvert, I struggle with that, as well as with the concern that it may appear to be self indulgent. … Continue reading
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from starfish reproductive physiology to family medicine
It was a cold & windy day. I was onboard the Argentine-registered Islas Orcadas, heading North across the Drake passage, between the South Orkney Islands & the Falklands. and we Knew we were going to Die. We’d spent the previous … Continue reading
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The Fall, from this side
There are two stories to tell, which are both distinct and non-distinct from one another, both occurring simultaneously, one in this world and one elsewhere; Half of my consciousness was firmly in this world, intellectually & perceptually intact. So … Continue reading
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The Fall, from the Other Side
So this is the more difficult piece to write – For a long time I felt awkward to share it, ‘cause it seems like it might have been a rather privileged experience, perhaps something not to really be shared with … Continue reading
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Left Neglect
One of the strangest and most disruptive neurologic sequelae of my stroke, was “left neglect.” So difficult to attempt to describe, let me begin with the rather dry, intellectualized description in the WikiPedia: Hemispatial neglect, also called hemiagnosia, hemineglect, … Continue reading
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Rocks
I’ve mentioned my early childhood leanings to ornithology; still there, tho not as a profession. I kept my sanity (well …) on board ship on my antarctic adventures by getting up early for bird censuses – albatross, shearwaters, storm petrels, … Continue reading
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Life 0f the Spirit …
My mother was raised Methodist, my father Episcopalian. I think I’ve got that right, as background it’s close enough. I was raised in a Wisconsin farm town transitioning to suburbia, with Germans & Polish as the dominant ethnic groups, in … Continue reading
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Sitting in the morning, with dogs
Sitting in the morning, with dogs Breathing in, breathing out Maggie brings a sock, drops it, slobbery kiss, my nose, my eye samsara can be very sweet
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Sitting in the morning, with dogs, part 2
Sitting in the morning, with dogs, part 2 Rosie panting in my face “heh-heh-heh-heh” Dog breath in, Dogbreath out the Great Bernese mantra
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Sitting in the morning with dogs, part 3
Sitting in the morning with dogs, part 3 Rosie’s tail in my face swish left cheek swish right cheek lessons in duality
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Sitting in the Morning, with Dogs – part 4
Rosie finds a tennis ball, goes brings it, drops it in my lap, bows nasally dog-songs hrrnn? hrrnn? hrrnn? hrrnn? in my face more insistent, even than my discursive thoughts
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Sitting in the morning with dogs, part 5
Sitting in the morning with dogs, part 5 Rosie lying Quietly Her Tail in my lap, her soft back warm against my knee & shin the gentle rhythm of her breathing two? one? this illusion of duality
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Sitting in the morning without dogs
Sitting in the morning without dogs (written after 2 weeks “away,” on vacation in Maine, the puppers still 3,000 miles from the ocean) Without tennis balls or tail in face My own breath breathing in, breathing out This illusion of … Continue reading
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Sitting in the Morning, Once Again with Dogs
Sitting in the Morning, Once Again with Dogs (on returning home after 3 weeks away) Rosie stretched her warm soft back against my right shin & knee gets up, wanders as does my mind comes back with a stick
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The Fall, another attempt to describe
I’ve been reading my 19.October Post (The Fall,from the Other Side) and realizing I might have done a decent job describing my sensory impressions at the “time,” but not so much the Experience of that walk on the Edge. In … Continue reading
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
My diagnosis was informal, tho strikingly definitive. I was walking down the hallway on a general medical ward in my 2nd year of medical school, followed closely by an attending rheumatologist (John Bland, M.D.), for whom I later developed enormous … Continue reading
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Malas
Many years ago I had the rare pleasure of meeting a genuine friend, in Farokh Master, of Mumbay India and the World. Those of you who share my homeopathic community likely know Farokh as a brilliant homeopath and teacher of … Continue reading
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So somewhere in there I became a homeopath …
My training in conventional family medicine was thorough, captivating & ultimately disappointing. I had many wonderful mentors along the way – Larry & Laura Weed; Christopher Smith, a small town doc in rural northern Maine; John Bland; the venerable Lou … Continue reading
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Loons
I’d mentioned that my stroke-time Bardo experience was distinct from both dream and hallucination, and felt it might be worthwhile to recount an hallucination. Unlike many of my generation, this was not the result of ingested substances, but rather the … Continue reading
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Writers of my Life Story
Some of my favorite writers – as one might guess, from my awkward borrowing of their devices & elements – are: (this list could go on & on – how could I omit Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Gorka, …) … Continue reading
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Biofeedback
One of my excursions in the practice of medicine was into applied psychophysiology & biofeedback. It began in residency – I was a bearded, Birkenstock-wearing resident who declined to wear a tie with my mandatory white jacket, encouraged to pursue … Continue reading
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