Monthly Archives: October 2021

Zwift Racing: Alternative to Structured Workouts

I discovered the value of structured high intensity cycling workouts about five years into my triathlon career. Prior to that, I did not know what “work” was – I simply went out and commuted by bike, went for rides on … Continue reading

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WEEK SIX, HIM Training

With the shorter, colder days and loss of outdoor mountain rides, I’ve looked for a substitute on Zwift to build the same sort of cycling strength. Last three weekends, I’ve used several races/rides, all of which were in the range … Continue reading

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Love Poems

I’ve entered two of my poems from the late 1960s into online contests. I tweaked them a little from the originals I found in Nov 2019 in a storage box. LET’S NOT DEMAND SO MUCH OF EVERY SINGLE MOMENT Let’s … Continue reading

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The Middle of the Night – Complete

Vasser sat at the front desk, feeding another chart, sheet by sheet, onto the patient’s green plastic ID card in the beige stamping tool. “Whoosh – clomp – ca-chunk. Whoosh – clomp – ca-chunk.”  Vasser’s left hand melded with the handle … Continue reading

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The Middle of the Night: Venice Stories, Chapter 2

Vasser sat at the front desk, feeding another chart, sheet by sheet, onto the patient’s green plastic ID card in the beige stamping tool. “Whoosh – clomp – ca-chunk. Whoosh – clomp – ca-chunk.”  Vasser’s left hand melded with the handle … Continue reading

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The Middle of the Night: Chapter 2-ii

I picked the nursing sheets out of the chart, tapped them on the desk to even the corners, and kept them close to my chest while Cheryl blinked twice. Grayer appeared from the hall leading to the labor rooms, officiously … Continue reading

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The Middle of the Night: Venice Stories 2 – i

Vasser sat at the front desk, feeding another chart, sheet by sheet, onto the patient’s green plastic ID card in the beige stamping tool. “Whoosh – clomp – ca-chunk. Whoosh – clomp – ca-chunk.”  Vasser’s left hand melded with the handle … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother

Squinting at her name badge, I asked, “GN. What’s that?” Six months into my internship, I’d seen hundreds of students – medical, nursing, anesthesia – parade through 5L, the cramped labor and delivery ward at LA County Hospital. She smiled. … Continue reading

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