by dianeradfordmd | Nov 17, 2013 | Creative
Someone told me once that dogs are happier if they have a job, if they have work to do. When I heard this I recalled the sheepdog trials that took place in the fields of Crossburn Farm in Troon, fields that were separated from our back garden in Hunter Crescent...
by dianeradfordmd | Oct 28, 2013 | Creative
The first baseball game I ever saw was in Houston at the Astrodome in 1980. My companion explained the rules to me. In school in Scotland we had played a similar game called rounders where we hit a tennis ball with an ungloved hand. My Texan friend tried to...
by dianeradfordmd | Apr 22, 2013 | Creative
The article by Dr. Pauline Chen in the New York Times on trainee physicians work hours prompted my memory of my own call extravaganza. As an intern on the heart surgery service I shared the workload with two other interns, David and Rick (all names have been changed)....
by dianeradfordmd | Nov 25, 2012 | Creative
There are two churches I know celebrating anniversaries in 2012. They are entirely different in location, size and age. St. Ninian’s Episcopal Church in Troon, on the windy west coast of Scotland, celebrates 100 years. Its red sandstone walls framed my christening,...
by dianeradfordmd | Jun 17, 2012 | Creative
We all worked with our hands, we just had different tools and worked on different materials, be it fabric, leather, or human tissue. Our basic tools, however, were a needle and thread. When I was growing up in Scotland, I remember studying my dad as he worked at his...
by dianeradfordmd | Apr 20, 2012 | Creative
When the rope was lowered allowing us to enter the Titanic Artifacts Exhibit we were each handed a red rose and a boarding pass for the vessel, bearing a passenger’s name. Our tickets were for April 15th 2012, exactly 100 years from the day the doomed behemoth plunged...