My Blog
Remembering my Mentor on International Women’s Day
I met Dr. Ruth O’Neal in 1975 when I was applying to medical schools. A gruff, older, white-haired lady, she was one of several doctors who interviewed me at Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Spending a Weekend with Other Writers
My husband (yes, he writes, too) and I just spent the weekend at a writers’ conference at the Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton, GA. (https://www.georgiawritersmuseum.org/2023-writers-retreat/#top) There were 50-60 of us there, all kinds of writers, in all...
On Being a Guest Editor
I just did something I’ve never done before; I was the guest editor for a medical magazine. I was giving a lecture at an annual conference at Emory School of Medicine, and fell into a conversation with Dr. Barry Silverman, one of the other speakers. Barry, an...
Inspired by the Georgia Writers Museum
I’m just back from a weekend at the fascinating Georgia Writers Museum (https://www.georgiawritersmuseum.org/) in Eatonton, Georgia, near Lake Oconee. I’m all charged up to write! Who knew that 3 famous authors – Flannery...
A Medical Mardi Gras Story
It’s Mardi Gras season, years ago. Karen, my medical school roommate, and I are newly out of residency and in our first practices; she’s in Cardiology, and I’m in Pediatrics. We have met in New Orleans for fun, food,...
Sea Island Creativity Conference
Every January, my husband and I look forward to attending the Creativity Conference at The Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia. First of all, you can’t beat the surroundings. The Cloister is timeless and elegant, and the surrounding lush gardens help you forget it is the...
Being Wowed by Janisse Ray
Janisse Ray, (https://www.janisseray.com/) best-selling author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and other books, gave a talk and book-reading at Atlanta History Center, and I was mesmerized. Her latest book, Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans, a...
Taking Care of Strangers
It was sometime in the 1980s. Three of us young women doctors were driving back from a day at the beach. Still sandy and sunscreen covered, we were dressed in our bathing suits and cute beach coverups. Near dusk, on a country...
What a Great Compliment!
I’m so excited to have my blog article “On Call with a Four-Year-Old” published on the respected site DoctorsonSocialMedia.com (also known as SoMeDocs). Dana Corriel from SoMeDocs was nice enough to say positive things about my writing. Of course, now I’m all fired up to write more! See this link to read the article.
On Call with a Four-year-old
In spite of days of planning, all my complex backup plans had fallen through. My husband was on a business trip. My in-laws were on vacation. My nanny was caring for her elderly mother overnight. The sitter service had come up empty-handed. No one on my pediatric team...