Thirty days hath September, April, June and November; or so the saying goes. It seems that the quantity of days is the only thing that our ninth month shares with these others. April invites a slow rebirth of a landscape once buried under snow, June ushers in all the excitement of warm weather activities that… Continue Reading
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROM)
When you think about health care, what comes to mind? For some, it’s a pursuit of wellness connecting mind, body, and spirit. For others, health care is like a car’s transmission – you don’t really notice or appreciate it until it’s making a noise, or completely broken. People in the middle of a crisis or… Continue Reading
Write Your Own Declaration of Independence
In a few days we will be breaking out the grills, cracking open bottles of beer, waving flags and shooting off backyard fireworks. Some of us will attend big pyrotechnic displays at local municipal parks. Others will set up blankets and lawn chairs along crowded downtown streets to watch parades of high school marching bands,… Continue Reading
The Fine Art of Doing Nothing
There is a Spanish proverb that states, “How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward.” I don’t know about you but that certainly sounds inviting to me. How often do you take time to do nothing, to rest, to just be? Rest from work, rest from play, rest from participating… again, or… Continue Reading
Don’t Blink, You’ll Miss It – Health care in a rapidly changing world
“Don’t blink or you’ll miss it!” We city kids always joked about the little towns we’d drive through on our Sunday drives or on the way to summer vacation. Trees, crops, and barns interrupted by a brief braking to pass a bar, church, and post office. That’s how it seems with health care these days.… Continue Reading
The Fine Art of Doing Nothing
There is a Spanish proverb that states, “How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward.” I don’t know about you but that certainly sounds inviting to me. How often do you take time to do nothing, to rest, to just be? Rest from work, rest from play, rest from participating… again, or… Continue Reading
Do You Need a Spark to Start a Fire?
A graduate of my Dating Dementia class recently submitted a question and gave me permission to include it as one of my blog postings. I will put my comments here but I hope that others will click on the link below and add their own comments as well. It might help her or someone else… Continue Reading
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Spring- the eternal reminder of hope renewed
Spring has finally arrived here in Wisconsin. Winter only visits us five months out of the year yet it can seem like eternity; especially as we get closer to the month of April and patches of that white stuff still hide in the shadows. However, once a 40 degree day presents itself we cast off… Continue Reading
In Pursuit of Wellness
Submitted by Beth Dibbert When you think about health care, what comes to mind? For some, it’s a pursuit of wellness connecting mind, body, and spirit. For others, health care is like a car’s transmission – you don’t really notice or appreciate it until it’s making a noise, or completely broken. People in the middle… Continue Reading
Badger 500 State Trail
Submitted by Randy Winkelman This past October offered up a sunny, warm October day great for a fall bike ride. I decided to load my bike up and make the short ride to Belleville and ride the Badger 500 trail south from Belleville. This trail travels all the way to the Illinois state line. I… Continue Reading
Thanks Margaret! I would assume at some point physical chemistry can and should develop for a romantic relationship to be sustainable. At least I think I would need that. Is that an appropriate expectation? And how much time do you invest in getting to know a person before it’s apparent that there just isn’t physical chemistry?