Rule of Fifty another way
Austin Kleon has weighed in with another statement of the Rule of Fifty [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/rule-of-fifty/]. via AustinKleon.com [http://austinkleon.com/2014/10/17/33-thoughts-on-reading/]…
Another look at old-time prosthetics
A midweek trip to The Museum of the Confederacy [http://www.moc.org/collections-archives?mode=appomattox] in Appomattox put that look at old-time prosthetics [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/prosthetics-the-old-way/] in a new light. Here's a display case with the arm worn by Andrew Porter Scott after the Civil…
Muscle Memory
The concluding stanzas ofWhat the Heart Cannot Forget [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/11/25] by Joyce Sutphen [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/11/25]. In a decidedly unpoetic way, the image reminds me of the way my body feels when someone helps me…
the southern hemisphere of the brain
I haven't added a poem here in a while, and I've seen some good ones lately. Here's one I found in a post by Parker Palmer at the On Being site [http://www.onbeing.org/blog/hoping-to-rekindle-my-memory/6692]. My appreciation for Billy Collins grows…
Mobility
> Mobility is a key ingredient to aging successfully and remaining active and independent throughout life. #NationalPhysicalTherapyMonth [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalPhysicalTherapyMonth?src=hash] — VirginiaHospitalCtr (@VHC_Hospital) October 11, 2014 [https://twitter.com/VHC_Hospital/status/520936865927409665] The hospital where I do rehab reminds me why I do rehab there.…
Who Knew?
The New York Times noted that Emory University is to receive papers of Flannery O'Connor in today's edition [http://nyti.ms/1EqCale] and revealed in the story that she's to be inducted into to American Poets Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the…
Hello Spoon
Not as fancy as some, but more evidence that robots are coming to health care. More at Medgadget [http://www.medgadget.com/2014/10/hellospoon-mealtime-robot-helps-those-that-cant-feed-themselves-video.html]…