One of Boston's newspapers rates storms with the French Toast Alert System: How important is it to buy the ingredients for French Toast -- bread, milk and eggs?
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The British Wellcome Library, one of the sources of my images, asked me to write a guest post describing how I conceived of this site
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I fell tonight, on the slippery planks in front of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. It was rain that turned to ice. Hey, ICA, put salt on your damn walkways! Boom!
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When I graduated from college I was carefree. I didn't realize that a stroke was coming. Would I have done things differently if I had known?
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A new study shows that people around the world are now living longer but disability comes with longer life.
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My physical therapist said my toes on my bad foot are too close together and tight. She said I should stretch them out.
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Last week I visited Washington, DC. I lived there when I had my stroke.
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Today I got behind the wheel! Vrrmmm!
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Today I passed the driving learning test! Before my stroke I had a normal drivers license, but it's been a long time without driving. Odd questions on the driving test: “If hitting a large animal is unavoidable it is best to”
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Amazing how many rehab exercises I do when leaving the house would knock me flat. Hurricanes make me very productive.
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After brain injury, some patients have aphasia, a general term for loss of language. Some cases are intriguing.
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Very exciting: TheAtlantic.com has published my story, "The Escape." It's the true account of sneaking out of a hospital shortly after my brain surgery to go to a party.
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