Bugs In Life (2025)

14/02/2023

And then she was gone.

t wasn’t a dark and stormy night. It was calm, with stars. I haven’t quite known how to begin but I wanted to write about her death. It was a month ago today. I think appropriate for Valentine’s Day. Mom always called it Valenshearts Day.

07/11/2022

Recalibrating…

Mom’s brain– a brain that minored in Russian literature– could no longer follow the plot of a Hallmark holiday movie. Despite all of her attempts she is unable to read anything and retain it. Her comment is that a text or plot is “ dumb or stupid” simply because she cannot follow. We sat i...

07/09/2022

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Time is a bug in life. Not enough. Too much. Moments that won’t end and days that are too short. Races where 0.01 seconds made the difference. How to manage it, honor it, rest in it, appreciate it, make it. A lifetime is forever until all of a sudden that known end is visible. Living is what our s...

19/04/2022

https://bugsinlife.com/blog/beaver-dams-its-all-about-the-flowurinary-health

In infectious diseases there are seasons. Traditional flu season, the many seasons of Covid, Lyme season, cellulitis season. Specific viruses and bacterial infections show up in summer, specific pathogens to worry about with floods, excess pools of rainwater. Parasites from food or travel. Mosquito

04/03/2022

Euphoria has a sound; it can have a smile. It isn’t karma for work. It isn’t a prize for the effort. It is a gift. A bonus. It is the smile in this photo– a record from 1983 being broken at a swim championship. It is a best time. It is the collaborative squeal that escapes under the curtain as it closes on a musical cast that first night. It is an acceptance to a hallowed college.

But not all who participate have that moment, that euphoria. It cannot be the only goal. It has to be one of life’s treats.....

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Euphoria has a sound; it can have a smile. It isn’t karma for work. It isn’t a prize for the effort. It is a gift. A bonus. It is the smile in this photo– a record from 1983 being broken at a swim championship…

20/02/2022

Leeches. Sign up for my blog posts on the website!

Leeches are bugs. We tend to see bugs in our life as unwanted... But most life seems to have a purpose.

14/02/2022

https://bugsinlife.com/blog/love-as-a-bug

“The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn’t pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that’s why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end generosity...

31/01/2022

https://bugsinlife.com/blog/cancer-as-a-big-ass-bug

It is the eve of the anniversary of Mike Grzymkowski’s death. Death is a HUGE bug in life. I think that sometimes I need to remember the pain associated with these losses to know they were real, to know that the highs that came with their lows were also real. To feel real. To remember how amazi

30/01/2022

For Gromo

It is the eve of the anniversary of Mike Grzymkowski’s death. Death is a HUGE bug in life. I think that sometimes I need to remember the pain associated with these losses to know they were real, to know that the highs that came with their lows were also real. To feel real. To remember how amazi

24/01/2022

https://bugsinlife.com/blog/welcome-to-bugs-in-life

I had one of those inspirational mornings yesterday. A foot of snow. A day before my sister's birthday. A text from a friend as we discuss how to walk through this pandemic. She texted me an image of a woman, calm, hair on fire, just walking. And an article from Swimming World about being defined b

24/01/2022

https://bugsinlife.com/blog/bearing-witness

In infectious diseases we find ourselves practicing medicine in spaces where to practice “better” medicine we need to recognize the limits of our abilities. There are the cool “House” like cases. But so many other times we need to recognize and help patients and families honor life’s last ...

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