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Too big a subject for one blog post, but I’ll try. If this gets poetical, there’s a reason. The home of my youth, Egypt in… Read More »Home
Preparing for winter in “Settler summer”
I’m too conscientious a historian to call it Indian summer, when the normally pleasant California shoulder season turns murderously hot. I’m cleaning up, getting rid… Read More »Preparing for winter in “Settler summer”
Treating CRPS enough to have a life
Someone asked a question on social media that led to my doing a brain-dump on the basic format of current treatment for CRPS. This will… Read More »Treating CRPS enough to have a life
Un Crossed
Note – For legal reasons, this article is explicitly labeled an opinion piece. Quotes are used with prior permission of the author. I’ve written of… Read More »Un Crossed
Learning to stand: t’ai chi, qi gong, and unscrambling the CNS
About 15 years ago, I studied shaolin kung fu with Ted Mancuso at the Academy of Martial Arts in Santa Cruz. I was outrageously lucky… Read More »Learning to stand: t’ai chi, qi gong, and unscrambling the CNS
Humbling invitation
I’ve been invited to ride in the funeral cortége of the man I helped code last week. It’s a semi-public occasion, as he was a… Read More »Humbling invitation
Move slowly, stay happy… except when pushing one and a half to two inches straight down on the lower half of the sternum
We went to a great farmer’s market, where J got me a ceviche tostada that had to be tasted to be believed. I got a… Read More »Move slowly, stay happy… except when pushing one and a half to two inches straight down on the lower half of the sternum
T’ai chi and emotional pain
When I’m out in the world, my reflex is to shove grief into a bundle and push it aside, and try to act as if… Read More »T’ai chi and emotional pain
My guts are gallivanting
The past few weeks have been… interesting. I seem to have gastroparesis, because after every bite or two of food, I felt like I’d swallowed… Read More »My guts are gallivanting
Define “invasive”
I was a Registered Nurse for 8 years — in one of the first HIV specialist units in the country, in the only public ER… Read More »Define “invasive”