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  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge:B

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Blue Zones The “Blue Zones” are geographical areas where an overwhelming number of residents live into their 100s.  The book: The Blue Zones: Nine Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest is in its second printing and the documentary had a limited engagement Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: A

    Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: A

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable I’ve taken care of older patients most of my 40 years in the nursing profession, the last 20 of those years as a nurse practitioner in direct patient care. It wasn’t until I entered my 80s that I realized most of what I knew, or thought I Read more

  • Aging: The Good, the Bad and the Tolerable

    During the month of April, I’ll be posting every day except Sundays on the topic of aging. Hope you will come along with me as I challenge myself to write something (greater than 100 words) tied into the alphabet of the day–A to Z. Read more

  • What I Needed Was a Change of Scenery

    What I Needed Was a Change of Scenery

    For the last few weeks, I have been plagued with an inertia that has affected my writing. My problem has never been “writer’s block.”I always have had plenty of ideas about what to write. Now, when I sat In front of a computer or even with a pad and pen in hand, I’d start a Read more

  • A Tragic Outcome of Nursing vs Health Care System

    A Tragic Outcome of Nursing vs Health Care System

    “I cannot stay in this abusive relationship. Each day, you ask me to do more with less. You beat me to the point that my body and mind are black, bruised, and bleeding out. If I stay, I will lose my sanity – and possibly my life – forever.” Tristin Kate Smith Read more

  • A Fitting Award

    A Fitting Award

    “Marv Taking Charge” is a finalist for Book of the Year in the Chicago Writers Association’s Indie Nonfiction category. Read more