September 2009 - EHR: How difficult without the correct strategy

I just fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. But lest I get ahead of myself, let us begin at the beginning. It started with homework–not mine–theirs. Among the three children of which I had oversight; coloring, spelling, reading, and exponents. How do parents without...

A cold wind is blowing in from the north, blowing so hard that at times that the rain seems to be falling sideways, echoing off the windowpanes like handfuls of pea gravel. The leaves from the walnut trees, that had prematurely yellowed, dance a minuet as they slowly make their way to the ground in Read...

Did you ever notice when you’re watching a sports movie that a down-and-out, last-place team can always be rallied into first place in one season by the simple addition of one player with a winning attitude? Some people keep going to see Gone With the Wind thinking that if they see it enough times the...

I’ve never been mistaken as one who is subtle. Gray is not in my patois. I am guilty of seeing things as right and left and right and wrong. Sometimes I stand alone, sometimes with others, but rarely am I undecided, indecisive, or caught straddling the fence. When I think about the expression, ‘lead...

I was thinking about the time I was teaching rappelling in the Rockies during the summer between my two years of graduate school. The camp was for high school students of varying backgrounds and their counselors. On more than one occasion, the person on the other end of my rope would freeze and I would...

Below is an exchange I had on a LinkedIn discussion group regarding certification in response to a comment made by someone speaking to its intended benefit. As I have not sought his permission to quote him here, I will just provide a link to his comment. My thoughts are the following. My understanding...