Gratitude I am trying to live my life in a state of gratitude. Some days are easier than others. And sometimes, when I think about …
Grateful for the love of strangers
Wanderlust
Postcards from Chicago
In August I had the opportunity to visit Chicago after a 10+ year absence. It’ s now in my Top 3 US cities [along with …
Flying the W for the Cubs
Cubs win. Cubs win. Chicago Cubs win the World Series! I am a huge baseball fan. I started playing at 4 switched to softball at …
More Medical Museums and Surgical History
I LOVE all things related to medicine. Especially the history of medicine and the science that goes along with it. So given that, I was …
Semmelweis the scientist
Medical Museum First up in my orgy of medical museums and such is the Semmelweis Museum in Budapest, Hungary. I feel bad for Semmelweis. He …
Someday
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to …
Paris is a bitch
Thiswas my introduction to Paris. And to be honest, it was a bit much. Beautiful, but excessive. I’ll be the first admit that I came …
Rome fell but 2770 years later it’s still going strong
One of the chores I detest most is unpacking. It is never ending. I recently discovered my box of travel memories and found photos and …
Cats, Hemingway, and Key West
I have a confession to make that will put me squarely in the literary hall of shame–I have never, not even once, read a book …
