Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot. Hey, something is going on. And I don’t mean in Idaho or Alaska. Or DC. Well, maybe DC. Who, me? We’ve not met? Excuse me. I’m Milton, the campervan. Class B. More precisely, a 2023 Ford Transit Trail now upfitted and … well, is it upfit or upfitted? … More Milton’s too dang hot!
Yesterday my unelected dictator, the man who usually drives me – a well-groomed and sprightly 2023 Ford Transit Trail – fell down and got a boo boo. I’m not impressed, and not very sorry. He’s been pushing the envelope – taking me into snow, ice, cold like single digits on the Kelvin scale, and parking … More Milton gets homesick
Hey. Sorry I haven’t been around for a few days. You know how it is when you’re under the weather? Even a 2023 Ford Transit Trail can come down with something. This time it’s the water system. I bet you were thinking the problem would have been the electrical system. I know! Again!!!? That would … More Milton gets a cold
All leaps require a little faith. … More Gap Year, Week 39
… the bovine conversations of the early evening hung in the air. Wisps of cirrus in the high western sky. It was a quiet night. … More Gap. Year. Week. 35.
Every day is a new day, the first day of an epic journey. … More Gap Year, Week 33
Since January I have been on this interesting journey from medicine to writing. Since Week 15, my last posting in mid-April, I have been distracted from writing by the best of all excuses – adventure and exploration, friends and family, haunts old and new. The photo here is moonrise over the Mississippi, from the shore … More Gap year, week unknown
This week the journey from medicine to writing has been full of adventure. My new friend, Monika Maeckle, whose book, The Monarch Butterfly Migration, will be published in August, strongly encouraged me to attend the San Antonio Book Festival, which I did last weekend. That really got me depressed. There were just too many great … More Gap Year – Week 15
Gap Year – Week 13 I am a quarter of the way through this gap year, the 12 months between fanatical obsession with exome sequencing and full-time dedication to the writing life. The past few weeks we have focused on a new adventure – Van Life. My wife and I have been thinking about this … More Gap year. Week 13.
Scott D. McLean, MD 