Category Archives: musings

(Inspired by true story- this happened in Concord NH) Sorting through stuff in the hundred and fifty year-old house she had received in inheritance She came across relics from various generations, but what aroused her curiosity intense Was a periodical from the summer of 1893, it had a card with a stamped date It wasContinue reading “Not Returned by Due Date”

I was told practice makes one perfect So I practiced regularly, I did expect To come close to perfection after months and years But I got stuck after initial progress, and I fear That I would never even come close to being good enough Whatever perfection requires, I am not made of that stuff *Continue reading “Practice did not make me perfect”

When it comes to health, “natural” sells Thus supplements touted to keep one well Are preferable to many over medications prescribed Medications are artificial, while supplements are described As all-natural herbal remedies, that are supposed to be Devoid of side-effects and gentler on the body * Here’s the truth that many do not know- TheContinue reading “No Supplements for Me”

I was scanning a patient note that was rather verbose And from a grammatical standpoint, perfectly composed When I highlighted the text, I realized That most of it was AI-generated, I should not have been surprised In the midst of long-winded paragraphs I found A sentence which communicated clinical reasoning sound But was imperfect grammatically-Continue reading “To Err is Human..”

Although everyone agrees that people should read, I had not previously seen Reading described as a superpower, being a reader keen This felt like the best kind of validation I could receive I too have a superpower, I choose to believe * I have always struggled to define How reading books fits in my life’sContinue reading “Is Reading a Superpower?”

The moments that actually change your life do not with drumrolls arrive For a long time, I did not realize this truth, I was naive And believed that the highlights of my life that everyone could see Would be the ones that marked life changes for me * The moments that completely altered my life’sContinue reading “Tiny Moments, Profound Impact”

I believe I take Descartes’ pronouncement quite seriously- “Cogito, ergo sum”- I think, therefore I am, that is how my life I see * Who would I be without my thoughts This existential question keeps me thinking a lot I think and overthink, both out of habit and necessity And I believe all my thoughts,Continue reading “Cogito, ergo sum”

I have been working on my art skills of late And I often tend to underestimate The complexity of the art piece I use for inspiration I am not skilled enough to draw human figures, yet the temptation To recreate a perfectly proportioned human (invariably a woman) is strong I start with gusto, but realizeContinue reading “The Art I create”

I have a problem that I imagine is peculiar to me When I open my laptop and the desktop photograph of the day see I cannot help but click on the link provided to check out the location And instead of working on my computer I start dreaming about a vacation.. * The photographs areContinue reading “Source of Distraction”

The highlight of my life in the last many years Has been a perceived lack of time perpetually, I fear That moments of joy and content just slip past me Unnoticed, unsavored, blurred out by a sense of urgency.. * There are days when work seems to completely consume All aspects of my life, leavingContinue reading “I Never Have Enough Time!”

I finished writing my message in the card, and realized that I had misspelled The name of the addressee-phonetically this spelling worked equally well But that was not “her” name- therefore a change was required Many people from my culture spell my name incorrectly, therefore I have acquired A special sensitivity for wrongly spelled orContinue reading “Did I get your name right?”

I came across a potentially new diagnosis Can’t say I am surprised that it is “AI-induced psychosis ” * AI chatbots have been found to trigger or deepen delusions They give those engaging with them the illusion That their beliefs, however bizarre, are valid and true Through their sycophancy, what these chatbots do Is createContinue reading “AI- induced Psychosis”