In the following slide show, walk along with me to and from the swim portion of Chicago's Triathlon. It was crisp and sunny this morning, a perfect day to enjoy the outdoors and the wonders of the human body. There are thousands of tourists in town. One participant (staying at our home!) said, "This race …
Month: August 2011
Remember HIPAA when on FACEBOOK
“Just got home. Two hours late! A nightmare of a night shift. Admissions, post-ops, and then a code. And who came to help? A new intern who didn’t know beans. Heading to the beach now to sleep in peace.” I’m exaggerating a bit (I hope), but posts almost like this have crept into our social …
Caring Lessons Now Available on Nook.
Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self is now available on Nook. Thanks, Rhonda Funk, publicist for Deep River Books. for letting me know. Some readers already are happy it's been on Kindle, so if an e-book reader is your thing, you're all set. I'm a bit behind technology, but recently my …
Invite: Book Event, Bourgeois Pig Cafe, Chicago
As featured author on Tuesday, August 23, 7:30pm, I'll be reading excerpts from Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. See The Reader for details. The Bourgeois Pig Cafe is located at 738 West Fullerton in Chicago. Come early and munch on their yummy sandwiches. The Bourgeois Pig is a cozy, student- …
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Zumba for Seniors, Anyone?
"You're looking go-o-od. You're looking go-o-od. You're looking go-o-od." The zumba leader sings her encouragement. Looking at my reflection in the floor-to-ceiling mirror behind her, I think, You lie. I look like a bag of disconnected limbs--arms and legs flailing in different directions, none of which is following her lead. There are times, I think, when I should …
Another Reason to Write Memoir
Do you think your life is too humdrum for a memoir? Dave Eggers, in The Autobiographer's Handbook1, emphasizes one reason you should write: "…because you will someday die, and without your story on paper, most of it will be forgotten." (p. 1) He says we strive to preserve the world's history from antiquity on for …
Writing memoir – so what?
At the Northwestern Summer Writer’s Conference today, Michele Weldon, in Your Narrative: Writing Your Story, gave us a nearly three-hour pep talk on why writing our personal stories is important. With a Power Point presentation, she addressed memoir essentials, starting with how to narrow down our ideas, then walking us through craft elements such as …
Heidi McLaughlin’s New Review of Caring Lessons
With many thanks to Heidi McLaughlin, international speaker and author of Sand to Pearls: Making Bold Choices to Enrich Your Life and Beauty Unleashed: Transforming a Woman's Soul, I present her new review of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self on Amazon: This book intrigued me. I am not a nurse, …
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