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Ars Longa Vita Brevis
Intimate writing for the most intimate of arts
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Not a bad run
When my aunt’s lung cancer came back, she wasn’t young. Even in her eighties, though, she was a force. She was tall, smart as hell, and…
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Dec 12, 2015
Progress Notes
A woman sat in my exam room once, many years ago, and she really couldn’t tell me why. She had diabetes, high blood pressure, and all sorts…
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Nov 21, 2015
Blood
She arrived by ambulance in the middle of the night, awake, alert, and bleeding like crazy. We’d gotten a call earlier in the evening that…
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Oct 30, 2015
Not a restful place
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Apr 19, 2014
The wall
The wall
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Oct 19, 2013
Postscript
Postscript
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Oct 18, 2013
Journeys
Journeys
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Oct 18, 2013
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