Yesterday was the solar term 立夏 lì xìa, the beginning of summer. I lost my first patient on this day three years ago. Exactly one year later, we lost my partner's maternal grandfather.

excerpt from an email to a patient sent February 21, 2016 at 9:35am:

You can work on slow breathing. I mean really slow, smooth, and relaxed, like you're sipping sweet air through a straw that's the very back of your airways to fill up your lungs from the bottom to the top.

Nerdnote #2: On Dreaming (from Suwen 80, Lingshu 43/80)
sent on October 19, 2015

Hi Margaret,

Here’s an alphabetical list of Nei Jing references to dreams that I compiled on November 4, 2014. I’ll try to get you an actual translation (Amy-style, beware incoming whimsical approximations! :p) soon.