Stretching beyond what is comfortable
Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Anne
An enthusiastic resident of Palo Alto…
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The first of the season
Posted on May 14th, 2010 by Anne
Isn’t it cute? (And it was quite tasty too!)
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Words
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Anne
“When we were young, we were told that poetry is about voice, about finding a voice and speaking with this voice, but the older I get I think it’s not about voice, it’s about listening and the art of listening, listening with attention. I don’t just mean with the ear; bringing the quality of attention [...]
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New kid on the block
Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Anne
This flowering cherry tree was planted just yesterday. The cottonwood stump looming in the background was cut down on 12 February. Wouldn’t it be a little intimidating to stand next to that reminder of greatness? Doesn’t it seem like a harbinger of doom? Fortunately, they plan to remove the stump soon.
I continue to mourn the [...]
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Words
Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Anne
More from The Healing of America by T.R. Reid (p.87):
Everyone in Japan is required to sign up with a health insurance plan. This is a “personal mandate,” an issue that became controversial during the 2008 presidential election in the United States. Every nation that relies on health insurance has that requirement (except the USA), and [...]
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Does it snow every day?
Posted on May 7th, 2010 by Anne
It certainly seems so. Under these buckets are three pepper plants and one tomato that my enthusiastic neighbor bought and planted in our little garden space. Alas, the pepper leaves have all dropped off leaving only bare stalks to bear this cold and the top leaves of the tomato have blackened like a face with [...]
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More Words on health care
Posted on May 4th, 2010 by Anne
Another quote from T. R. Reid’s The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care:
“…it seems certain that the French will continue to emphasize equal access to medical care–the basic rule that anybody, regardless of race, income, or occupation, can go to any doctor and get the same treatment as [...]
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Words on health care
Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Anne
As part of my quest for information about health care issues for the poor, homeless, and underserved, I read T. R. Reid’s new book, The Healing of America. In it Mr. Reid profiles the health systems of France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Canada with additional information about Switzerland and Taiwan. Mr. Reid describes [...]
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