July 4th Fireworks
[Third place winner in the Storytelling Contest non fiction category.] Have you ever seen fireworks in broad daylight? Often associated as a nocturnal sighting, I was mesmerized to hear them implode above us on July 4th, 2020.
HVHA
Have you ever felt your heart beat align with the kick? Or the hits make your eardrums tickle, the special...
All day I dream of being free
The sun is out The DJ’s on But the most profound Is when it’s all gone
Apropos Running
To all the recreational runners, or hobby joggers (and I use this term in a non-derogatory manner), who run not...
Earth Keepers Of Jungles, Mountains, Valleys
The change from jungle to mountain is abrupt like an unexpected trauma that disconnects us from heart, body, mind, spirit...
Halfway
SAM: Why should I be the one to back down? Jamie knows very well that I am right. There is...
Incendiary
6 feet off the ground but 60 feet beneath the crown
The Last Petal
Fresh from the gardens, the winter rose came Blissfully pure, innocence to blame Budding from the ground with its darkened...
This Date in UCSF History: Black History Month - A Purpose Revisited
[Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin...
Shadowing a Healing Symphony
Surgery — one of the three primary treatment options for cancer, alongside radiation and chemotherapy — had always been a...