Category Archives: What I Did

The Hardest Thing I Have Ever Done

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Liza Blue

This summer our daughter headed off on a very rigorous hiking and camping experience in Alaska.  The website didn’t try to sugarcoat the experience, warning that participants would carry 50 to 60 lb packs over mountain ridges, that it could … Continue reading →

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Better to be Stupid than Look Stupid

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Liza Blue

Chapter 1 I first started my career in technology assessment at the American Medical Association and was occasionally called on to speak at various conferences.  While I was confident of my very narrow topic, as a representative of the AMA … Continue reading →

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A Spectacle of Myself

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Liza Blue

Ever since I can remember I have always wanted to wear glasses.  I grew up before contact lenses or LASIK surgery became available, and to me anybody who wore glasses was immediately unique.  How many times did I sit at … Continue reading →

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Home Style Chunks

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Liza Blue

I set the five cans on the kitchen counter, awaiting Ellen to conduct the taste test.  I will only try one, since to open all of them would be too wasteful; my choices include Harvest Moon, Wild Buffalo Grill, Mediterranean … Continue reading →

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Thank You Very Much

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Liza Blue

By the time that I got to the attic, I was far past dwelling on every single memento  removed from my parents’ emptying house.  A steady parade of dumpsters had hauled away umpteen boxes, and I had bequeathed the local … Continue reading →

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Riverview Ramble

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

When I was a teenager in the 1960s, an invitation to the Riverview Ramble was most coveted.  This was some sort of charity fundraiser, and a ticket allowed you unlimited access to all of the attractions at the Riverview Amusement … Continue reading →

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What Beaches Teach Us

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Liza Blue

Like many others in my peer group who first started typing on a manual typewriter, I have had an ambivalent love/mostly hate relationship with computers from the get go – continually feeling intimidated and frustrated with impenetrable jargon that requires … Continue reading →

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The Warm Spot in the Lake

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Liza Blue

I am a Midwestern girl who spent her vacations fearfully swimming in the fresh water lakes of the upper peninsula of Michigan.  Bobbing in a boat offshore, the surface water was a rich dark blue, but beneath the color quickly … Continue reading →

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My Brother Charlie

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Liza Blue

My parents were married in 1950 and three and a half years later they had three children, my older brother Ralph, me, and my younger brother Charlie.  When Charlie was around two years old he developed a very high fever … Continue reading →

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Adolf and Me

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Liza Blue

Note this essay is a companion piece to previous essay titled: “Human Pearls,” describing gallbladder surgery. I returned home from the hospital following my gallbladder removal feeling basically fine, but anticipating a few days of serious recuperation on the couch … Continue reading →

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