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I feel called upon to treat on this subject, even though I know there will be some of you who think it unnecessary.  Some of you will outright disagree, no doubt.  You have that right, you know.  I hold that…

My medic for the shift was Catorra, a solidly-built, very dark African American lady in her early 60’s.  Catorra has a mile-wide smile, a hilarious sense of humor, and vivid story-telling skills.  She hones these skills for the entire shift,…

I read an article a while back that conducted a survey on conversations.  Supposedly, the article claimed a deeper, more connective conversation can be had if the small talk is skipped and searching, difficult questions are asked instead. An example…

He’s a full-blood Alaskan Malamute.  The way I recall, we flew him in from Indiana to Wichita as a little pup, some eight or so weeks old.  We could hear him before we saw him, and we could also hear…