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  • Thelma, the Movie

    Thelma, the Movie

    If I watch a movie and am surprised that it’s over so quickly, it’s a great movie. That’s what happened when I saw Thelma in a theater a week ago. When I found out the lead character was played by a 93-year-old actor, June Squibb, and the reviews were good—the web site Rotten Tomatoes gave Read more

  • The Prediction

    The Prediction

    Predicting the inevitable. Read more

  • Traveling with a Brain Tumor: Beach Trip vs a River Cruise on the Rhine

    Traveling with a Brain Tumor: Beach Trip vs a River Cruise on the Rhine

    Last week we drove to Wrightsville Beach, a consolation beach trip instead of going on a European River Cruise. Ernie wasn’t comfortable traveling overseas with a brain tumor. A two hour drive to the beach seemed more doable than a plane ride over the Atlantic. Ernie’s tumor, subependymoma, is benign, small, rare. The tumor is Read more

  • Nurse Practitioners Gain Autonomy in North Carolina

    Nurse Practitioners Gain Autonomy in North Carolina

    I was surprised when I read the news in yesterday’s local paper: North Carolina lawmakers passed the Save Act, a bill giving nurse practitioners autonomy over their practice. That is, they are no longer required to pay physicians to “supervise” them. I have been following the Save Act, which has failed to become law, over Read more

  • Blogging From A to Z April Challenge Winner

    I didn’t think I would finish the A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge. Writing a post every day for a month, except for Sundays, seemed impossible since I hadn’t written a post for the past two months. However, if I didn’t do the A to Z Challenge, I decided I would discontinue my blog. Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Z

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Z is for Zen and the Art of Life Review Zen is a state of mind of being fully present, free from the constraints of the ego, and open to the wisdom of the universe. It is a state of pure awareness. Robert Butler, M.D., gerontologist, and Read more