Daily Archives: September 16, 2013

I find it hard to gain common ground with my children. They are just so different from me. I am slow, they are fast. Their priorities are not mine. Their lives are not mine. There is only one place where … Continue reading →

I must confess that as a medic I used to always interpret the word “straining” as exerting abdominal effort to expel stuff, rather than the act of filtering.  Yet more evidence of my silliness, I suppose. Straining at gnats while … Continue reading →