Three-thousand miles from Connecticut.  In a galaxy far, far, far away.  Okay, that’s a stretch.  Maybe it’s not a galaxy, but it’s a place that has plenty of stars, bright lights, kinetic energy, sand and water.  And, a new transplant who moved  to La La […]

As a medical and psychiatric visiting nurse for twenty-one years, there’s very little I haven’t seen or heard perched on the sofa or seated at the kitchen table with my patients. Sickness is big business; it’s often a revolving door!   Earning patient trust is a […]

42 years ago. And, 40 pounds ago. Fresh and carefree, Viv Lilly, on a boat ride in the middle of a lake somewhere near Detroit. Time zooms by; before you know it you are having hot flashes, drawing on your eyebrows, stuffing your muffin top […]