Professor Down

09.07.2024I'm lying on the library floor, my hearing muffled and my skin clammy. I'm focusing on breathing and not passing out… and reflecting on the past month. My nails are 10 days longer than my preferred length because I haven't had the time or mental energy to search for my favorite pair of clippers. I…

To Sea, or not to Sea: the answer

Big changes always send my thoughts into eddies. On July 4, I received an email with life-changing potential. An invitation veer off of my career path, to try something new and exciting – and terrifying. A month later, my closet contents are stuffed into bags and boxes on the kitchen floor, with my anatomy atlases…

To Sea, or Not to Sea; the Question

Leif Erikson at Hallgrímskirkja - Reykjavik, Iceland, Sept 2017 One foot in the boat and one on the shoreOne moving, unanchored – the other still mooredThe gulf ‘twixt the two creeping wider and wetterTime now to choose quickly; which foot is the better? I know well those things gathered neatly on land They're ducks in…