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Return to Haiti: Saint Boniface Hospital Infectious Disease Pavilion
I am off to Haiti early Monday morning, taking a familiar trip that I haven’t made in over a year. I’ll be traveling with Conor Shapiro, Executive Director of Saint Boniface Hospital in Fond des Blancs, the largest hospital in … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti
Tagged Be Like Brit, Conor Shapiro, Fond des Blancs, Grand Goave, Haiti, Mission of Hope, Saint Boniface Hospital
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Seeking Fives from a Machine that Spits Twenties and Hundreds
I needed a bunch of fives and tens to make change for a yard sale. My local Bank of America had closed, replaced by a new Express Banking Center down the road. A cheerful woman in a tailored suit greeted … Continue reading
Yoga: Practice and Teach
I have two regular teaching yoga gigs! Every Tuesday night at the Cambridge YMCA I teach 75 minutes of Form and Flow. The class is free to YMCA members, but my guests can come for $10, and … Continue reading
10 Gay Sensibilities on Parade Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Over the four day Thanksgiving weekend I recognized gay sensibilities integrated into every aspect of our culture. After six decades on this planet, I’m thankful that, for many of us, being gay in America allows our fullest expression. My dream … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, United States
Tagged ART, Boys in the Band, Channing Tatum, CorePower Yoga, Eve Ensler, Foxcatcher. Steve Carell, Gold's Gym, Green Bay Packers, Idina Menzel, Macy's Parade, Mark Ruffalo, Mary Poppins, New England Patriots, NFL, OPC, red velvet cake, Rockettes, Thanksgiving, Tony Danza
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Past Peak
Fall foliage peaks around these parts in October, when hillsides display New England’s calendar splendor; giant arcs of brilliant red and orange leaves holding firm to their branches. But I prefer November’s starker beauty, when more leaves lie underfoot than … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Autumn, autumn leaves, carotene, chlorophyll, Daily Mail, falling leaves, leaves, New England, The Atlantic Monthly
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Giving Thanks for the Unexpected
Of the many, many things I have to be thankful for today, Dieunison stands out as the most unexpected blessing in my life. When he adopted me in 2010 I could not have realized how much he would personify everything … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti
Tagged Architecture by Moonlight, Dieunison, Haiti, Mission of Hope, Sean Collins, Thanksgiving
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NewTV: Three Lessons Learned
Last week I had my first TV studio experience. BJ Krintzman, Newton lawyer, mega-blonde and overall fabulous person, interviewed me on her long running cable television show, “That’s the Law”. I was hard pressed to figure what Architecture by Moonlight … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged A Year in Provence, Architecture by Moonlight, BJ Krintzman, John Stewart, NewTV, Three Cups of Tea
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Clinical Test Reject
Over the past year, I’ve offered myself up as guinea pig to a variety of clinical tests. I have a keen interest in neuroscience in general and Alzheimer’s disease in particular, so most of my inquiries have been brain-related. I … Continue reading
Boston Globe Magazine – Raising Roofs to Sweeping Dirt
Architecture by Moonlight has officially launched! Many thanks to Susanne Althoff, Francis Storrs, Hans Schulz, and the Boston Globe Magazine for publishing an excerpt; New England Mobile Book Fair, Book Ends, Harvard Bookstore, and Calamus for hosting readings, Joe McDonough … Continue reading
The Virtues of Being Colorblind
Long before the word ‘colorblind’ became a saccharine euphemism for ‘not racist’, it described a person’s inability to see certain colors because the cones in their retinas do not register the complete spectrum of wavelengths entering the eye. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged colorblind, colorblind test, colorblindness, Mark Rothko
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