I saw a very fit man on the subway recently, but what I stared at was his flaw. On his cheek was a large smooth birthmark, maybe 2 inches long. I couldn't stop staring.
Read MoreAt the hospital I lost about 20 pounds in a month.
Read MoreWhen a visitor asked me what she could do for me, I told her to go out on the town, have a good time and report back.
Read MoreAn MIT lab is designing accessible fashion for the disabled.
Read MoreBoom!.... Damn! One of my biggest falls was on the stones of Quincy Market.
Read MoreWe are going on a beach holiday to Martha's Vineyard later this summer.
Anyone else going somewhere splendid?
Read MoreThere are tons of tourists visiting Boston now. Sometimes, when I walk by a historic monument, tourists hand me a camera and ask me to take their picture. Then they jump back into formation and smile broadly. Cheese!
Read MoreI was on a national radio show recently, on TheMoth, the cool US storytelling show. To listen to my story, TheMoth has just added a podcast.
Read MoreI am on national radio this week! It's TheMoth, the cool US storytelling radio show. I tell the story of me sneaking out of a hospital after brain surgery to go to a party.
Read MoreThis coming week is the Boston Marathon.
Read MoreI went snowshoeing in the New Hampshire woods this weekend! I was worried that my weak knee wouldn't behave, but it was fine.
Read MoreI was asked to write a foreword for a medical book about strokes. So I did.
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