Life, it happens

in surgery

At one time, I envisaged hitting this point in life as a retired tenured professor with scads of publications, citations, and students struggling to outdo the "old man". You know the sort of guy whose work is always cited, appears in abstracts, and who has his portrait hung in the "Department's" faculty lounge. Admittedly, he …

The Path -for OWG#397

Charles pronounced his name something along the lines of "Chaalss." He'd attended prep school in Groton or some other snobby town. He laughed and said, "I'm easy money." He was referring to the young chippies who saw the preppy clothes and attitude and saw dollar signs. There was no money. A drunken father had wasted …

Real Life

In real life, stories twist like a snake and branch out inconveniently. They can be labyrinthine - a maze that becomes hard to navigate as new pathways develop