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THANKS…GIVING By Martha E. Fagan RN, BSN Spoiler alert—Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and this year was no exception.  It was drastically different, painfully poignant and surprisingly hopeful.  I was […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: Meek’s Cutoff   After three weeks with Brazilian cinema, we return home with the rare gem of a recent Western directed by a woman.  […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: The Second Mother   For the third and last week in a row, we recommend a Brazilian film, this time directed by a woman, […]...

TAKE CARE.  STAY SAFE.  BE WELL. By Martha E. Fagan, RN, BSN When was the last time you paid attention to the “complimentary closing” of a letter or, more likely, […]...

From the movie corner of Graziella:   After his acclaimed 2012 debut Neighboring Sounds (last week’s recommendation), writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho followed up with another film about his hometown, Recife. Aquarius (2016) takes a […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: Neighboring Sounds  This week’s film takes us to Recife, the largest urban area of the Northeast in Brazil.  Set in a middle-class neighborhood and […]...

More from the movie corner of Graziella: Poetry   Like last week’s The Wind Will Carry Us, albeit differently, this week’s film is  a tribute to poetry.  Quietly heartrending and uplifting at […]...

Habits for Health By Martha E. Fagan, RN, BSN Keystone habits can be defined as “small changes or habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into […]...

From the movie corner of Graziella: The Wind Will Carry Us   This week’s recommendation takes us to Iran and its Kurdish minority, in a poetry laced and intellectually challenging, unusual […]...

The Power of Poetry By Martha E. Fagan, RN, BSN This week as I pondered what to write I kept thinking of how words can be swords, shields or salves.  […]...