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My departure from the NIDDK in 2021 was less than smooth but I really didn’t expect hostile behavior on their part. The best example is that within a few weeks after my official departure date, I was invited to participate in a author phone call for a manuscript based on work done by the PLUSContinue reading “A haunting mystery”

Match Man shared this with me. It was shared with him by one of his songwriting buddies, It appears that this is framed on his wall and you almost see his reflection as he snapped the picture. Under the reflection you see that Falon was in the 6th grade when she wrote this. WOW

Last November when visiting college friend Deb, she served a homemade apple pie for dinner and the combination of the texture of the crust and the “flavor/texture” of the filling gave me a “happy mouth”. I realized that while I grew up baking cookies, cakes and brownies, I had never advanced to making a pieContinue reading “Anticipation – is a pie crust just a pie crust?”

A friend recommended this movie today based on reading about it and a recommendation from her friend. I went to see it essentially knowing very little about it except it the movie was about child sex trafficking and there was some concern about some concern about the movie and QAnon. It apparently was made byContinue reading “Sound of Freedom – A MUST See Movie”

While my first 10 days on Match.com was anything but satisfying – suggested matches were over 80, conservative men for the most part, it turned around on June 26th. One of the many men that I indicated interest in responded to my initial message and we started a very tentative text conversation on Match.com. IContinue reading “A budding romance???”

While I was on the cruise to Hawaii, I started renovations on my bathrooms so I had workers in and out of my condo. On March 29th, the workers found water on the floors from my upstairs neighbor’s water heater. I didn’t find out about it for a few days but the contractors contacted theContinue reading “Home Insurance Woes”

Leaving DC this morning is bittersweet. My week included abundance of everything I loved about DC without any of the things that I found toxic. I have no regrets about my decision to relocate to Nashville. It is just wonderful to know that visits to DC are just a short plane ride away and aContinue reading “Leaving DC”

Two more wonderful days in DC/Bethesda. One more day before I return home and more wonder friends to spend time with tomorrow plus another bike ride. Today I got to spend time with KP, the man who got me started with strength training 6 years ago. I worked with him 2-5 times per week forContinue reading “Sumi and Paco remembered me”

When I embarked on my journey to form the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium in 2015, I was introduced to a woman, a MD/PhD in Preventive Medicine with a huge amount of experience in prevention of heart disease. We met a few times and she “schooled” me on the basics ofContinue reading “A friend indeed”

It was a great day in DC yesterday. Weather was iffy because of intermittent hard rain but I managed to always be inside for the worst of it. I had a 10-12 mile bike ride with Bruce with a couple of long hills which I was able to do pretty easily on his lighter bikeContinue reading “DC welcomes me”