So what is your reaction to the spiritual practice of washing feet?  My friend Jan says she runs as fast as she can when she hears the term.  For myself, there have been very positive experiences and a couple not so great.  It actually can be an amazing and intimate…

Most mornings between 6:30 and 7 am I am reminded by the pawing and whining of the dog that it is time for the morning walk. For our dog Millie, a sweet eight-ish-year-old pup of indeterminate mix and origin (we tell people she is an American Black/Brown Dog) whom we…

“What is this world coming to?  Again.” The President announcing his latest strategy for solving an “asian problem,” social strife rushing across the nation, fear of family members, college students evacuated from their rapidly closed campuses to avoid further deaths, a governor insisting, “We are going to eradicate the problem….

I thought I’d use this month’s mid-week blog to answer the prompts from the Daily Connector series.  If you haven’t done so already (or even if you have) you can sign-up to write your own reflection HERE.  There are still plenty of open slots for the end of May.  + …

As a palliative care physician, I recognized quickly that the pandemic would present unique challenges for our work in the hospital.  I knew we’d be treating patients with a new disease process, there would be a steep learning curve with rapid changes, and that our volume of dying patients would…