02/23/23 Getting It Done
February brings to an end one of my favorite seasons—football season. Starting in late summer, my hopes start to build for my favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles. I read notes about training camp...
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01/19/23 Getting It Done
My five children are very different despite sharing the same genetic material and growing up in the same house. One is a planner, one is a spur-of-the-moment type, one is a logician, one can’t stay ...
12/15/22 Getting It Done
As Peer Artist Co-leaders, Jen and I have been proud of our Memoir Incubator group’s accomplishments. The 10 of us have spent almost a year together—conceiving our stories, drafting, and now shari...
11/17/22 Getting It Done
When I was a medical student at the start of my clinical training, a white-haired Marcus Welby look-alike attending physician sagely advised me, "The patient will tell you what's wrong if you listen."...
10/20/22 Getting It Done
My youngest son's baby teeth stayed in his gums for several years after they were expected to fall out. They didn't even wiggle with nudging. His adult teeth hovered in his jaw above his primary teeth...
09/15/22 Getting It Done
Last spring, while visiting colleges with my daughter, we watched our favorite show, "Naked and Afraid." I don’t know why but we only watch it when we stay in a hotel, not at home.
08/18/22 Getting It Done
A couple of months ago, I was feeling sluggish. I was weary from travel, work, and a foot injury. I found myself knocked out of my usual writing schedule. I began to fret over my memoir-in-progress th...
07/21/22 Getting It Done
Last week, I was standing at my kitchen sink looking out into my backyard when a loud BOOM sounded. I crouched to the floor, thinking for a moment that it was a bomb. But it turned out to be a lightni...
06/16/22 Getting It Done
I had an uncle who had a Friday night date and a Saturday night date. Neither knew about the other. Sometimes I feel like my two-timing uncle when it comes to writing. I have two book projects going o...
05/16/22 Getting It Done
I use tomato time when I don't want to write but should. Tomato time is my name for the Pomodoro Method. This method uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length,...
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