I was talking to my good buddy from down the road who helps with a lot of yard work projects – who my wife, Paula, refers to as my “yard husband.” We were having a coffee at Dishman’s corner store, recovering from a grueling hour of work – laying down two slabs of slate to…
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Is The Cure Worse Than The Problem?
It is a fiery debate that is raging over what is the right thing to do about COVID-19. Are we underestimating this virus. Has it yet to show it’s true colors, as did the Spanish flu of 1918 as it came back in far more lethal form. Or is “the cure worse than the problem”…
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A Photographers No-Holds-Barred Experience of Breast Cancer
Currently in London, and yesterday made a sortie to the Welcome Institute. Jo Spence Pulls No Punches Went to Misbehaving Bodies– an exhibit bringing together the works of photographer and film maker Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, “two artists who whose work explores chronic illness and experiences of care” A no-holds-barred and confrontational look at how…
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A Life Saving Irrelevance We Were Forced to Learn About
A seemingly irrelevant organism may be our savior.