tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199297392024-03-07T00:48:20.434-08:00Bugwalk"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" —Will Rogers <br> <br>
This blog is HIPAA compliant. Identifying details have been changed.Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-79318334238443025732021-11-12T16:58:00.001-08:002021-11-12T16:58:25.043-08:00Light(Click photo to enlarge.) Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-26269839585663965292021-11-12T16:43:00.003-08:002021-11-12T16:53:35.351-08:00You Can’t Keep Them Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen PareeI seem not to have made any notes about visiting my parents in June of this year, for the first time since COVID. Well, I did do that and it was wonderful to be with them, as always. I saw Ginny and Amy, as always. I had lunch with Uncle Rick. Sally and I took a walk in the peony garden at the foot of the Nichols Arboretum. The arboretum and peony garden were designed by the person, an Italian Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-57334401673011080952021-11-12T16:30:00.001-08:002021-11-12T16:30:15.182-08:00The Duckter(Click photo to enlarge. That is the name of the toy.) Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-22939531466032113002021-11-12T16:21:00.002-08:002021-11-12T16:27:12.048-08:00Untoward Cat-Related Event #7814While practicing the flute (this being late in June of this year), I decided to try to toss the cats’ more luridly colored tunnel (the “Mewnicorn,” which they love) into the closet, where I put all their toys each evening, instead of waiting until the official portion of the evening program that pertains to this, which involves a flashlight and knee pads. Of course they heard the sound of this Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-476336662015116982021-11-12T15:31:00.005-08:002021-11-12T15:35:09.572-08:00Green and Yellow
(Click photo to enlarge. This photo was taken three and a half hours before I fetched Marvin and Duckworth from the SPCA. Since then, this window has never been opened except under close supervision.)
Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-59958011534228279342021-11-12T15:13:00.001-08:002021-11-12T15:20:42.970-08:00Flexible and EnjoyingIn February, 2021, I was working away on my written materials for my board certification second committee appearance. By early March, it became clear that my essays were not going to be ready to send in for the April deadline, as it is best to send them in at least a few weeks before the actual date. In any event, I decided that I wanted to allow myself a period of observing my clinical practice Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-39251074212221917382021-11-12T14:28:00.007-08:002021-11-12T15:14:06.319-08:00Together(Click photos to enlarge. Yes, I know there is an extra line after the top photo. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. In the HTML, there is no sign of a line break, and I cannot get at it in the non-HTML view at all.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-5404589512605485812021-11-12T14:15:00.003-08:002021-11-12T14:18:03.110-08:00God's JobIn January, 2021, we were advised to double mask. (This era did not last long. My second job sent out a notice saying that we were disinvited to use cloth masks at work, and that two surgical masks were not more effective than one surgical mask, so just use one.) At the time, I was trying to order some face shields, such as we have at work, to use at home and that was quite frustrating. There Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-48198653893655943312021-10-31T12:44:00.002-07:002021-10-31T12:44:36.260-07:00Breakfast (Click photo to enlarge.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-79600428119436570832021-10-31T12:36:00.003-07:002021-10-31T12:40:05.059-07:00Plastic FluteOn January 3, 2021, I got the first dose of Moderna’s COVID vaccine. I arrived 40 minutes early—I was paranoid about being late and losing my spot. I thought they were going to say, “We’re practicing social distancing. Please stand outside until your appointment time,” but they invited me right in. The process was very smooth. They were only doing first doses at this location, with the second Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-34109024700569979292021-10-24T12:23:00.004-07:002021-10-24T12:29:15.123-07:00CatsI venture to say the cat in the first two photos is Marvin, but the cat on the scratching post is Duckworth.(Click photos to enlarge.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-90676695964409264762021-10-24T12:11:00.005-07:002021-10-24T12:16:09.788-07:00Darnly Darn ItFor a minute there (in November, 2020, this was), I thought Duckworth might have learned his name, but it turns out that he answers to any name, including Marvin’s, whereas Marvin answers to no name, including his own.The Duckle also does not discriminate when it comes to food. Marvin is picky, but Duckworth eats anything that appears in his bowl, plus whatever Marvin doesn’t finish, though I nowBugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-6170378319222491062021-10-03T14:23:00.005-07:002021-10-03T14:23:55.805-07:00ConeMarvin with the cone he had to wear after his bloody injury to keep him from licking his paw. Sometimes he walked dejectedly along with his head hanging down, kicking the cone with each step.Below is Marvin (or possibly Duckworth) shortly after adoption, about three months old.(Click photos to enlarge.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-8238631486078003402021-10-03T14:06:00.002-07:002021-10-03T14:11:18.935-07:00The Land Behind the StoveA few feline doings: There was the night I was brushing my teeth and heard a stunningly loud crash from the kitchen. This turned out to be Marvin knocking a substantial small oven (much bigger and heavier than the average toaster oven) off the top of the fridge while Duckworth looked on admiringly from below (and fortunately did not get crushed). Needless to say, this oven had a large ceramic Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-63346721247368338662021-09-26T21:47:00.005-07:002021-09-26T21:52:50.257-07:00Unrise (Rather Than Sunrise): September 9, 2020Here
are two photos I took on that day. One is of a lobby in one of the
hospitals where I work. It looks like it's night, but it was about 2
p.m. (Click photos to enlarge. If problems, please try clicking the photo again.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-72249021738316071162021-09-26T21:21:00.003-07:002021-09-26T21:28:41.464-07:00Drumming ClassOne day while I was sitting on a unit not my own, a nurse approached and asked, “Are you a chaplain?” She explained that one of her patients was reporting shortness of breath in response to her heart medication, but the RN wondered if the patient was actually having panic attacks associated with the anniversary of the suicide of her daughter. I agreed to visit the patient. Before I finished my Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-26442898676392959952021-09-26T09:44:00.002-07:002021-09-26T09:45:13.934-07:00The Great Outdoors (COVID Version)Ah, beautiful! (Click photos to enlarge. If problems, please try clicking the photo again.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-56581323843022208062021-09-26T09:33:00.004-07:002021-09-26T09:38:07.445-07:00COVID OverviewI can’t remember what I’ve said about this so far, but to recap how COVID affected life at the hospital:One of the first things that happened was that employees were instructed to use one particular entrance, and visitors to use another. (This made my own process of getting into the building about ten minutes longer.) We began to have to answer a series of questions when arriving, and to have ourBugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-80326597313263764302021-01-06T14:57:00.002-08:002021-01-06T14:57:30.327-08:00Cats(Click photos to enlarge. If problems, please try clicking the photo again.) Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-74791529691438732852021-01-06T14:45:00.002-08:002021-01-06T14:46:17.603-08:00I Really Like YouEarly October brought yet another bad night with cats, this one involving the mini-blinds and an unbearable racket as I was trying to fall asleep. I kept losing my patience and tossing Duckworth and Marvin into the bathroom, followed by a loud, satisfying (to me) slam of the door. When I had to pee in the middle of the night, I let them out, and soon heard a loudish crash: a pretty blue ceramic Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-65001650806647223212021-01-06T14:31:00.006-08:002021-01-06T14:31:50.163-08:00Bottles (Click photo to enlarge. If problems, please try clicking the photo again.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-89894333959180931072021-01-06T14:19:00.014-08:002021-01-06T14:25:47.666-08:00Loogie-Free ZoneOne day in mid-September, Tom and I walked around the block to talk to one of our neighbors about a couple of practices of his that had been causing us some dismay. This is the fellow who for years stepped out his back door several times a day, took a hit off his bong—filling my place with secondhand smoke, if my windows were open—then coughed his head off. The grand finale was when he coughed upBugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-34019183466491043222021-01-04T11:07:00.003-08:002021-01-04T11:09:08.898-08:00Duckworth(Click photos to enlarge. If problems, please try clicking the photo again.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-29818747329450691182021-01-04T10:55:00.012-08:002021-01-04T10:59:40.971-08:00 The Dust AgeI had mostly been using Duckworth’s one white whisker to tell him and Marvin (formerly Howie) apart, though there are several other differences, including their general shapes and their profiles. Marvin’s nose doesn’t curve but goes pretty much straight down, giving him a rather exotic look. However, you have to be looking at him from the side to see this. Duckworth has a round little belly. AlsoBugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19929739.post-19962693611730713212020-12-25T17:43:00.002-08:002020-12-25T17:43:32.220-08:00Night Shift (Click photo to enlarge. If problems, please try clicking the photo again.)Bugwalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277852774885642902noreply@blogger.com0