August 31, 2014 Sunday "Kinko"

First Words

      …thoughts of an anachronistic, solo pediatrician

                    by Glenn Feole, M.D.

        "Be careful too that the reading of your story makes the melancholy 

        laugh and the merry laugh louder," Cervantes, Prologue to Don Quixote

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August 31, 2014 Sunday

From NYT's article on Brooklyn…ahhh, yoga.

Chief Complaint: (written on the chart before I go in the room)

"Aggressive" 

Interesting Name:

      Kinko

Anecdote:

     Kyasia was a sweet, very serious little five year old.  She took my questions very seriously.  As an example, when I asked how Kindergarten was going, she thought about it for awhile and then finally said, “Very badly.”  That was it.  No explanation.
     She needed an antibiotic for an ear infection and when I asked her Mom if she was allergic to anything, Kyasia interrupted and said she was.  Her Mother seemed surprised.   I asked her what she was allergic too.  
     “Monsters.”
          November, 2009  South Carolina

Coup d'essai:

     "…doesn't it make a good story?" Sancho Panza to Don Quixote, in Don Quixote, Part I, Chapter XX, page 158.  

Favorite Musician/song:

Doobie Brothers, "Natural Thing"

    Immediately brings me back to those wonderful days of early 70's.  Peace and love.  Whenever my band played a Doobie Brother's song, everyone danced.  

Favorite Book/author:

Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

     I have actually been reading the dictionary…backwards.  I thought if I could get through the "Z's" then maybe I would just keep going…  It has been great fun, actually, with amazing words.  I share them with my patients, family and friends.  Syzygy?  Wyvern?  Socrates' wife's name?  

     I just started another blog about this interesting project (I just finished the "r's" and am on the "q's" now…!   I will be adding a word a day that I have discovered. 

     The blog can be found at:
 readingthedictionarybackwards.blogspot.com 

Favorite Movie/DVD:

Every Little Step

    An incredible, moving DVD about dancers and their path.  Creative and inspiring.  A favorite.