MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME
MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME & MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY Every so often a heart-breaking story of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP) is discovered. The story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard came to light [...]
2020 Hindsight
What can we learn? It has been said there is a good reason your rear-view mirror is so small, and your windshield is so large. Don’t look back, don’t dwell on the past is the advice of any mental [...]
2020 A Lesson in Perseverance
Annus horribilis or annus mirabilis? In 1992, Queen Elizabeth II of England saw 3 Royal marriages hit the skids, had the Duchess of York involved in a toe sucking scandal and watched over 100 [...]
It’s Time for Turkey and Tryptophan
Every year after the traditional Norwegian-Lutheran Thanksgiving feast with all the fixings available in the Midwest (and some imported), my father, uncle and grandfathers retired to the nearest [...]
SURVIVING SCARY SITUATIONS
In the last 100 years, Americans have survived, overcome and ultimately prevailed over any number of societal, natural or health relate disasters, literally in every decade: • Spanish Flu of [...]
“We’ve Only Just Begun”
Long Term Health Effects of COVID-19 The world is most definitely not in the middle of The Carpenter’s famous love ballad, but the title touches on a valid concern. Is this virus only months old [...]
Pandemic & Personal Care
Time to Embrace Your Natural? COVID-19, Quarantine, Safer At Home, Stay At Home, Social Distancing in addition to being new words in our daily vocabulary, have also had the unintended consequence [...]