Gap Year, Week 50
December 26, 2024
Infinity is our fate, whether we realize it or not. … More Gap Year, Week 50
Category: writing
Gap Year, Week 47
December 4, 2024
I have changed the way I read. I take a semi-sharpened No. 2 pencil to underline choice words and phrases and scrawl comments in margins. Before this year, I would never.
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Now I scrawl. Wantonly. … More Gap Year, Week 47
Gap Year, Week 46
November 26, 2024
Reindeer began nibbling the grass in our neighborhood just after Labor day. … More Gap Year, Week 46
Gap Year – Week 44
November 17, 2024
Don’t know exactly what’s going to happen? Good. A little scared? Good. Does the possibility of failure exceed single digits? Even better. … More Gap Year – Week 44
Gap Year, The Week of The Election
November 4, 2024
Here’s a question: what do you think I should read next? Just one book, any book. … More Gap Year, The Week of The Election
Gap Year, Week 33
August 24, 2024
Every day is a new day, the first day of an epic journey. … More Gap Year, Week 33
Gap year, Week 31
August 7, 2024
…it felt like a request to join the US synchronized swimming team for a few minutes in the deep end. I’m holding my breath. … More Gap year, Week 31
Gap Year, Week 29
July 24, 2024
Thank you for taking a quick look at my Gap Year blog, the inside account of my peregrinations between 2023 and 2025, spanning a former life primarily focused on medicine and a future life of letters. Peregrination! Interesting word, coined in the 15th century: a journey, a pilgrimage, a wandering. Still, I can’t help but … More Gap Year, Week 29
Gap Year, week twenty something
July 14, 2024
Technically, still week 28, by a day. The 12-month gap, to bring any newcomers up to speed, spans from January 2024, when I was employed as a clinical geneticist, to January 2025 when I hope to be a writer, thought not yet daring to be employed. This blog is my opinionated memoir of the descent … More Gap Year, week twenty something
Gap Year, Week 26
June 28, 2024
Now we wait. … More Gap Year, Week 26
Scott D. McLean, MD 