VCU Health and COVID 19: One Year Later and a Message of Thanks

 

Vagabond Dandies YouTube Channel and Website Launched

The Vagabond Dandies YouTube Channel launched, access here. More band information and upcoming gig dates on Vagabond Dandies website.

The band is composed of 3 VCU Health physicians (Drs. Justin Haught, Gary Tye and Gonzalo Bearman) along with Mr. Greg Lawson.

The Power of Moments

I stepped away from the blog for a bit to concentrate on other matters such as life and work.  But now, I am back, and would like to comment on this cool book, The Power of Moments, by Chip and Dan Heath.

Although published in 2017, the book is new to me, wherein the Heath brothers explore the power of moments, or, why certain experiences have extraordinary impact.  These experiences can be triumphs or failures and resonate with individuals through either moments of elevation, insight, pride or connection. 

But here is the thing,  why wait for these moments to occur spontaneously? With awareness and deliberate action, powerful moments can be created. This is where the true insight of the book lies.

Well worth reading.

Rock is Dead! Long Live Rock!

There is Respite in Rock....Vagabond Dandies at SHEA Spring 21 (above) and in Richmond Bizsense Magazine, here.

Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE): Launched!

For personal and professional reasons,  my focus was elsewhere and I stepped away from the blog for a bit.  I am back.

I am deeply honored and grateful to be the inaugural Editor in Chief of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE),  an official publications of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), published by Cambridge University Press.

The journal is committed to the rapid dissemination of high quality, timely, evolving science in antimicrobial stewardship and healthcare epidemiology, in an open access model, to serve both developed and low and middle-income countries.

All of the relevant  details are  contained on the journal website, accessible here.

This is exciting.

Experiencing the Moment, A Snowy Winter Walk to Work, Richmond, Virginia

Sometimes it just feels good to slow down, to walk to work, to live in the moment of an uncommon snowy, winter day in Richmond, Virginia. 

The three mile trek from home to VCU Health led me through the Museum District, The Fan District, VCU Campus and Monroe Park.

Lovely.

Borges and Me...And What a Story It Is...

 

Every now and then I read a book that really moves me, this time a coming of age memoir and travelogue by American author Jay Parini about his Scottish Highlands trip with Argentine man of letters, Jorge Luis Borges.  

The descriptive writing, the adventure and the serious comedy of it all makes for a memorable read and an even better life experience. 

As an Argentine, I am deeply envious of Parini's time with such a brilliant compatriot, who's intellect I greatly admire.