I broke my right tibia at the beginning of May. In addition to the fracture there were complications of benign lesions in both knees and legs, and a malignant tumor in the right leg. This meant I had to put aside plans for the garden and find something else to occupy my body and soul for the weeks ahead. One of the goals that had been floating around since retirement a few years ago was to resume blogging.
Recent Changes
- Added a few posts from 2009 when I was still working at the Volpe Center. You can also find these under the [Who Am I?] menu entry. Volpe Blog 2009
- Added all the posts from my bout with Burkitt’s Lymphoma November 2005 – March 2006. You can also find these under the [Health] menu entry. Lymphoma Blog
- Reordered menu items.
To Do
- Fix/replace broken links in old blog posts
Recent Posts
- Being Mortal“Being Mortal” is a book I needed to read. It’s beautifully and poignantly written by Atul Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where I spent several months in 2005/6 being treated for and cured of Burkitt Lymphoma. I first became aware of Gawande from the articles he’d written for the New… Read more: Being Mortal
- On AtheismEvery day seems to bring another news story that makes me hope that Trump’s hold on the Republican party is lessening, but it never seems to be enough to persuade his true believers. Why is this so? I think it was several years ago, in 2004, during John Kerry’s run against George W Bush, that… Read more: On Atheism
- Day 74: Friday, July 24I completed updating my blog with entries from 2005/6 when I was being treated for Burkitt Lymphoma at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. I rearranged the menus a bit and shared the link with my small group of correspondents. I am pleased that some, at least, have taken me up on it. I talked… Read more: Day 74: Friday, July 24
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