Feeling Happy and Sad at the Same Time

It is said that if you haven’t had Covid yet you probably have no friends. 🙋🏻‍♀️ I have been a low-risk taker during the pandemic. I locked down when there wasn’t even a lockdown. I did not socialize. This week I engaged in more social interaction than I had in the last two years. It…

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We Can’t Totally Trash 2020

Peanuts

While this year was full of unimaginable pain and grief, there were also some bright spots. People fell in love, babies were born, novices baked, artists displayed remarkable creativity, businesses adapted, we held an election with unprecedented voting numbers, and we managed to connect deeply, without touching. Love and Medicine presents the Year in Pictures…

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Out of Whack: Living in 2020

Eggs

Love and Medicine is groping for words. My emotions are all over the place. I cry at the drop of a hat. Sometimes the tears are tears of joy. Other times my heart aches for those I love who are far from me. There are days I wake up hypomanic, filled with ideas, energy and…

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Do You Dare Eat a Peach?

Eat a peach

Let’s think about the peach. The vibrant mix of fiery orange and red sweeping its surface. How sexy is that shape – with the round, fuzzy curvature and visible crack? It baits you to take a big messy bite, juice running down your chin. The sweet flesh a wake up call to recruit your sense…

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Pandemic Pandemonium

A couple

These are unprecedented times. Every person in the world has been affected by COVID-19. How we react is generally in line with our personalties. The anxious become more anxious and the cynics deny, deny, deny until they can’t anymore. Then there are people who have responded in a completely unexpected way. Those who know them…

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