Description: On love, life and health from the kidney enthusiast.
On love, life and health from the kidney enthusiast.
What a week! My husband Charles Hobson finished last decade by retiring as surgical intensivist at VA Hospital and enjoyed two full days of retirement before embarking on his new adventure- surgeon intensivist at North Florida Regional Medical Center. It was not easy to say good buy to so many colleagues, friends and patients he has touched with his compassionate care, big smile and selfless dedication to medical teaching. We celebrated with Publix cake, selfie and walk down the memory lane! He has left dec
But that was just a prelude to the live poetry night on January 4th to celebrate Winter Solstice, new decade and Charles Hobson ‘s birthday- a brilliant idea fueled by communal love for written word shared with a group of friends and colleagues. My resolution was strenghten after reading Dana Gioia ‘s essay “Can Poetry Matter?” shared by Mónica Villalón . The article eloqauntly argues how poetry has quietly became a subculture that nobody but insiders care about: “ Most editors run poems and poetry reviews