When I'm teaching someone to sew, it's incredible how so many little things go into it. Hold pickups like a pencil.When you throw a stitch, your fingers are NOT in the rings of the needle driver. Those are for opening and closing the needle driver only. You have to shift your hand back and … [Read more...]

Before going to PA school, I taught Biology in an all boy's Catholic school, and one incident that's stuck with me through the years happened while we were covering the thyroid. I introduced the concept of the thyroid gland and how it regulates metabolism. A very funny and very overweight young … [Read more...]

One night last year after dinner, something AMAZING happened. Something that had never happened before, and it took my breath away. My 4th-grade son went and took his binder out of his bookbag. He set it on the table. He asked me for index cards, and I showed him where they were. He sat down at the … [Read more...]

A patient came in a few days ago and caught me completely off guard. He immediately started into a magic routine. No introduction. No hello. Right into his routine. It was impressive with coin tricks and rope tricks like I’ve never seen. He’d have me tie the rope in a knot and then cut the rope, and … [Read more...]

I spent almost four hours on Sunday, doing exactly the opposite of what makes sense. I was trying to watch the Eagle’s game (woohoo!), and get some work done for PAER at the same time. I’m trying to write while talking with my kids about the intricacies of football. I’m trying to get work done … [Read more...]