Brooklyn Transplant

Musing of a Contemporary Pathologist

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A great American speech

Saturday, January 7, 2023      Last night, when it was past midnight in Washington D.C., I was privileged to see and hear one of the great American speeches. Most people did not watch since it came so late in… Continue Reading →

Big Bike Man – a short story

This short story was published in the Fall 2021 issue of the literary magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn (http://vol1brooklyn.com/?s=Stephen+A.+Geller)   SUNDAY STORIES: “BIG BIKE MAN” OCTOBER 17, 2021 Big Bike Man by Stephen A. Geller Harry’s office door is closed when he’s… Continue Reading →

The best movie ever

What is a blog?NounA regularly updated website or webpage, typically run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.Verb (blogs, blogging, blogged), as examples:It’s about a week since I last blogged.Patrick blogged about… Continue Reading →

Big Bike Man

short story, brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters. Vol. 1 Brooklyn, October 17, 2021 Founded in 2009, Volume 1 Brooklyn engages and connects the literary-minded from Brooklyn… Continue Reading →

Beethoven, the Conductor

            Beethoven!             The name is immediately recognizable across the world, even by people who have never listened to classical music.             For some, the name will sound in their head as something like: da-da-da-dum.             For others, it will… Continue Reading →

Elizabeth

    When Queen Elizabeth met with the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, a week ago, on September 6, I remarked to my wife how well the Queen looked, in the brief news clip, as she stepped briskly to the… Continue Reading →

Ugh – a short story

Charlotte ate at Holly’s seafood restaurant more times than she could count. Annual gatherings with a dozen or so friends, beginning in their senior year of high school and still continuing as a few of them were starting menopause, even… Continue Reading →

Garbo Revisited

Every now and then the name of Greta Garbo is injected into a conversation (sometimes by me). It is always surprising, and even a little disappointing, to find many people, including some close to my age, who have never seen… Continue Reading →

My Mother’s Violin

In 1994, as I was approaching my 55th birthday, I realized one of my (many) regrets in life was that I never learned to play the violin, an instrument whose music I very much love. I own a violin –… Continue Reading →

A Doctor Who Treats Himself Has a Fool for a Patient

“A Doctor Who Treats Himself Has a Fool for a Patient”William Osler (1848-1919) About four months ago, while showering, I felt a small, soft, movable, dome-shaped lesion on my lower abdomen. After drying off I tried looking at it and… Continue Reading →

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