A Summer of Contrasts
One of my stories has just been featured on Pulse, Voices from the Heart of Medicine. Here’s the link: https://pulsevoices.org/pulse-more-voices/more-voices-2023/bedside-manner/a-summer-of-contrasts/
The Sixth Sense
Humans have five basic senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. I would postulate there is a sixth sense, though maybe it’s peculiar only to me: sensus scelerisque, in Latin, or chocolate sense. It has to do with the deep need and desire for chocolate. Some people might call it an addiction. But is that truly what it is when a person can barely think without it? I stopped eating chocolate for six months while following an anti-inflammation diet. The diet included eliminating sweets and increasing consumption of protein. It seems the protein saved me from the expected chocolate withdrawal headache, so I thought I was home free. But then I realized I couldn’t think. I...
Rooted
I pass a parked car on my daily walks through the neighborhood and am always drawn to one of its window decals: an outline of the state of Montana with roots extending from the bottom. The owner of the vehicle must feel rooted in Montana, as I’ve tried to feel. I looked in a few stores for a similar decal so that I, too, could show what I considered my home. Alas, I was unable to find one. But now, it seems that would be an unnecessary accoutrement as we are poised to move on. We came here to be close to our daughter and her family, but her husband, having left his federal job, is moving to the eastern part of the country. The East is where I’ve spent most of my life, my familiar stomping grounds, but how I will miss the beauty of Montana. I am in awe of this...
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