Notes of an Anesthesioboist

Wherein an adult student of oboe chronicles her adventures in music, medicine, and faith, and other stories... “Novelists, opera singers, even doctors, have in common the unique and marvelous experience of entering into the very skin of another human being. What can compare with it?” -Willa Cather

Saturday, August 29, 2009

A Mass to Remember

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When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assem...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Saying Goodbye to the Age of Myths (But Wanting to Cling Just a Little Bit Longer)

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My children's birthdays are occasions of profound happiness for me.  Today my son turns nine - his last year in the single digits. This ...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

End of an Era

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"My brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered as a good and decent man, who saw w...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Nada Te Turbe

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I've been thinking a lot lately about the what stresses me out most in life.  It's not the tough clinical scenarios, busy days, prac...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Guest Post: Notes on Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man

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It is my great honor and pleasure to commemorate this Philippine holiday, the 26th anniversary of Ninoy Aquino's assassination, with thi...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Patient: "One Who Suffers"

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[Picture source .] We all have patients sometimes with whom we absolutely dread interacting.   We had one such patient recently - a sullen, ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bracing Ourselves

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This is one of my favorite pictures of my daughter. The first thing I noticed when the orthodontist e-mailed it to me, of course, was the be...
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I'm a wife & mom. I'm a doctor too. I listen to classical Christmas carols all year round (they make me happy). I also love to read, write, cook, eat, dance, play music, and ponder things. I do a lot of my pondering here.
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