by gaylewoodson.md | Jun 3, 2017 | Blog
The open road beckons: a six-week odyssey, wending our way from Florida to the east coast of Newfoundland. We travel in a Tahoe towing a trailer, in the company of two dogs and a cat, visiting friends and family along the way. I admit to mixed feelings about this...
by gaylewoodson.md | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog
“Want to go to Jordan with me?” This was September, 2013, and so my answer was swift. “Are you crazy? We just invaded Iraq.” Her answer was equally swift. “So?” Linda is a New York Speech Pathologist. She had been invited to lecture at a conference in Amman. The...
by gaylewoodson.md | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog
Dusk and dawn are two sides of the same coin—sunlight refracted by the atmosphere, the same colors and intensity of light, but in reverse order of appearance. I have long been a fan of sunsets. We hear a lot about rainbows—the Bible says they are a sign of God’s...
by gaylewoodson.md | Jan 2, 2017 | Blog
Why do we impute intent to machines? We curse the lawnmower when it won’t start, plead with a sluggish car that won’t turn over… Case in point: my new robot vacuum cleaner. Let’s put aside, for the moment, the propriety of a husband giving his wife a household...
by gaylewoodson.md | Dec 16, 2016 | Blog
My favorite Christmas wasn’t the one when I got the Tiny Tears or the Chatty Cathy, or even the Barbie Dream Kitchen. It wasn’t the time we visited cousins in Iowa and I saw snow for the first time. It was my father’s last Christmas. We didn’t know at the time, or...
by gaylewoodson.md | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I grew up with this aphorism, and it makes a lot of sense. The African version of this philosophy is a bit more extreme. I will articulate it as, “If you can tape it, don’t toss it.” If the Formica is chipped or warped, it can...
