life, new old age, University of Michigan

Believing in spring

February 2, 2024 Photo by Pexels.com It's amazing how a few little numbers can make a titanic impact on one's life. Things like, "Total length: 1.5 millimeters. Involved cores: 2. Maximum core involvement: 10%. Cores with >50% involvement: 0." What these dry statistics mean is that at least for now, I'm safe from the biological… Continue reading Believing in spring

sex, sexual abuse, University of Michigan

My old school

April 10, 2023 One Sunday morning about fifty years back, I woke up in my dorm room sick to my stomach, with a bad case of the runs besides. Luckily, the student health service at the University of Michigan was only a few blocks away. The doctor was middle-aged, with a grey brush of a… Continue reading My old school