“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”

Anne Lamott

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

I confess I didn’t expect to like this book. New York Times bestsellers with blurbs by Katie Couric on the cover don’t tend to be my cup of tea. No offense, Katie.

But I did like it. Gottlieb has a clear and honest writing voice and her recounting of her personal misfortunes and interesting career arc – or career zigzag, I should say – is every bit as compelling as her stories about the patients she sees.

Definitely recommended, but be prepared to get a little teary from time to time.

welcome 2021

‘A Winter’s Day’ by Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov

it’s funny because it’s true

Any time I ever mention this very scenario as being the main drawback of having a birthday so close to Christmas, some fool always pipes up and says no way, that would never happen, no one could be so clueless. WRONG. And somewhere out there a lone and bitter meme-maker knows it all too well.