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New Beginnings Program
Meeting with Dr Erin Lund Santa Rosa Community Clinic I meet with Dr Lund in the small office she shares with Dr Deidre Bernard-Pearl and other other physician. Dr Lund runs through the details of the program rapid fire and with the practice of someone who has made this pitch many times and has many…
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Meeting Molly
I met Molly Reed at the suggestion of Deidre – she thought we would get along and she was right. I also wrote an awesome blog about the experience. Then it got deleted and I lost it all. So I am sulking. But suffice to say, I spent an hour or so with Molly who…
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Day 1 – quite the day
After two days in downtown San Francisco I check out early and head across the bay to Berkeley Marina my spot for the next three nights. My contact here who has been amazingly welcoming before I have even arrived (for the last 3 years of planning/delays/planning again) Deidre Bernard-Pearl is coming to pick me up…
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Return to travel
You forget. you think You don’t but you do. Just how travel really is. We expect delays, we expect no sleep, but I forgot just how stressful it is wondering if luggage will arrive, where on earth the elusive ‘Terminal 3’ is, and why it is also so hot when you have to lug your…
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Meredith Kieschnick – what I heard
What did I take away from such a surprising and inspiring day? Choose what you want to do and do it. “Tell stories, not just your own, and not just by people that look like you.” —Meredith Kieschnick Setup monthly patient/family forums – ask them what they need, get them review what you produce and…

About Me
I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship back in 2019. Like many others the delays due to Covid had me thinking this may never happen. But here we are…

