Role Models
I’m in love with Mr. President and The First Lady. I know what you’re thinking, and you’re wrong. I’m talking …
Author Archives: Ms D.
A Lesson in Indefatigability
It’s the 14th of March and winter has returned with a vengeance after an eerily erratic first two weeks of …
Measles Is Serious (A History Lesson from My Grandmother)
Originally posted on The Science of Mom:
Measles is back. The outbreak of this highly contagious viral illness that started at Disneyland in…
First Do No Harm: The Measles Controversy
Over thirty years ago a sign in our pediatrician’s office in Wellesley, Massachusetts made me chuckle. “Follow the herd and …
Knees
I could write a book about knees. So many stock sayings come quickly to mind: “bee’s knees” “knee high to …
Welcome, 2015
It’s the start of a new year and thank goodness I no longer have to endure “best of” or “worst …
Our Cameras, Ourselves: Selfie Culture from Facebook to Ferguson and Beyond
Having traveled within the last year through parts of the U.S., Asia and Europe I can definitely say that I …
Black Lives Matter
I wrote this piece in the early days after Michael Brown was shot and killed and left in the street …
The Perils of Underestimation
Last spring my 94-year-old father nearly died. A change in his medication triggered metabolic chaos, characterized by dehydration, muscle weakness, …
A Harsh Homecoming
Maybe it’s just me, but re-entering the U.S. after international travel can look and feel less like a homecoming these …
