I was gone from the office, working in the hospital for a prolonged stretch, and my office staff said that pesky pecker stopped coming during my absence. One night, I came to the office to do some paper work when everyone was gone and he came back, looking at me on the window ledge—staring at me before he started pecking on the glass a few feet away from my computer.  Damn I thought, doesn’t he have s Read More

This is national nurses week and I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for all the fine nurses that I am honored to work with. Without question, nurses are special people for the care and dedication that they provide to these critically ill patients. And well, the nurses take care of me too, and make me more successful than I deserve. And speaking of taking care of me, well, there was a deli Read More

Woodpeckers Are People Too:  They like Marijuana I looked it up on the internet and I found his picture and it sure seems it is a match:  He’s a Northern Flicker woodpecker and they are about 15 inches tall as an adult. But since I live out west and he’s a Northern Flicker, then clearly, he is hopelessly lost. Not only that he doesn’t understand the difference between window glass and wood. Read More

I apologize to my readers but I did not know your comments were blocked for some technical reason. You can now once again, write comments on all 156 of my blogs, your favorite ones, since I first started in 2013. Be tasteful and respectful though, as always. Be healthy and safe all of you Read More

I almost lost my life seven years ago, to this day. Well, I had close calls before, but this was the real deal. The last words I said to my lady friend that morning as I drove to work to take care of critically ill patients in the ICU was: “Have a great day dear, and I’ll talk to you soon.”  In fact, earlier that morning, amazingly, I swam a thousand yards in the lap pool at the local gym without a sign Read More

The Mask Can’t Hide Her Eyes I once wrote a blog piece a few years ago, February 1, 2016, to be exact. It wasn’t that long ago, but it is still fresh in my mind, and I remember that I had a lot of fun writing it.  It was complete and absolute fiction. I’m not sure what inspired me, but I do remember being at a gym on a boring treadmill machine, staring straight ahead at the empty treadmill in front o Read More

For some reason, I dredged up some memories of things my parents said to me when I was a kid, mostly phrases or admonitions I guess, meant to teach, or perhaps intimidate or maybe just blow hot air, I don’t know. And then, I wondered, are these common parental sayings that last throughout the years and therefore have become standard jargon for all parents? You are probably wondering, how many years ago wa Read More