Southerners love their belts & belt buckles (especially you Texans). There are two other kinds of “belts” that encompass Southern tradition. Southern states are known not only as “the Bible Belt,” but also as a different kind of (less cool) belt: The Stroke Belt, obviously because strokes are more common in the south than other …
Sometimes, in order to move forward, you have to take a look backward. We’ve got to re-orient ourselves. I needed just that, some perspective. I took a look back to one year ago, which was my first day of my intern year. It was a doozie! I started on the Neurology service, which was, to …
Today is the last day of June, already!! It’s officially been 6 months of SD (which has really morphed into a whole foods diet). I don’t think we’ll ever go back to how we were eating last year- we don’t even miss it! Today marks the halfway mark for my New Year’s Resolution to do …
After a super frustrating week at work, I am ready for the weekend. Unfortunately, I am on call on Sunday, so I have a shorter weekend. Hey, at least it’s a weekend. I am so conflicted about work recently. I go through these stages of emotion with my job of sheer frustration alternating with apathy, …
After a really frustrating night of call, I came home and wanted to decompress. I went out to the back porch, and my attention turned to my little container box garden. It’s grown so much since I’ve planted them! I set to weeding the & removing the dried branches off of the tomato plant…and boy, …
On the Friday before we left for our trip, we were invited to a friend’s house for a tapas & appetizers party. At the last minute, we decided we’d better bring a snack, but I only had 30 minutes to come up with something genius. Yep, I was freaking out a little. I thumbed through …
Hubby & I arrived back home yesterday after 8 days on vacation, and it is so nice to be home a day before going back to work!! We went to Portland, Oregon and road tripped it up to Walla Walla, Washington in a week- and it was incredible! I can’t tell you how many times …
I have learned, finally, one of the most basic of lessons for anyone who works too much: taking care of yourself means that you can take care of more business. I can take better care of my patients the better I take care of myself: sleeping, eating, exercising, and yes, vacationing. I’ve found that keeping …
Last night, we watched a recent documentary called “Food, Inc.” It was amazing! It was apparently up for some awards, too- and I can see why!! It was well done, indeed! Here’s the link:Food, Inc. If you have any curiosity about the food industry and how it’s evolution has impacted our nation, this is the …
As most people probably remember, the USDA promoted healthy eating & living via the Pyramid, which was instituted in 1992, and promoted a diet based on a whopping 6-11 servings of grains per day (regardless of refined v. whole wheat status). It had been met with a lot of criticism, and, as of today, the …