Tag Archives: Work

This Climb Does Not End

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stephenarcher

If I had a Sun­day morn­ing off while I was a surgery res­i­dent, it felt like Christ­mas and my birth­day every time. They did not come often. I worked over 100 hours/week and was on call either every third or every … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Watercolors in the Rain

Posted on April 10, 2012 by stephenarcher

I wish for my life to be lived with a sound­track that you would know like Span­ish Bombs by the Clash, or like “water col­ors in the rain” by Al Stew­art and the excru­ci­at­ing unend­ing per­fec­tion of that line and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bear Two Ways, One

Posted on March 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

I am turn­ing a cir­cle around an ursine cir­cle. How is a bear in this cir­cle with his ass to the high side of Bend, OR? She just is, and 8th street flanks her frontside and she is eter­nally in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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V.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by stephenarcher

I have on my desk a photo of the daugh­ters (7, 12) of the 29 year old woman who I ordered the fatal dose of mor­phine for when the pain of her colon can­cer rode up on her like the wild … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Enough

Posted on January 16, 2012 by stephenarcher

I work with peo­ple who are chang­ing their rela­tion­ship to food. Mostly they are obese and don’t want to be. Most have had surgery under my hand to give them a tool to help them relearn two sen­sa­tions that their … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Hard at Work

Posted on January 2, 2012 by stephenarcher

Ever feel like you are watch­ing over things that don’t mat­ter? Who is it that does that watch­ing? The thin line between per­sonal may­hem, utter apa­thy or extreme vio­lence is that we don’t know the time of our dying. If … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Some Thing, This Thing, Better

Posted on December 14, 2011 by stephenarcher

May I ask you a ques­tion? Will a $200,000 car make you 10x hap­pier than a $20,000 car? Doubt it. Will some­thing well made, some­what more expen­sive than what you can get from China mean more to you? Maybe. For … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Burlingame

Posted on November 10, 2011 by stephenarcher

No mat­ter how impor­tant I make up my job is, there is always the num­ber cruncher who reduces it to the cold and low­est terms of dol­lars and hours and wid­gets and grub­bing and the taste in my mouth is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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I’m Listening, Because This Matters

Posted on October 6, 2011 by stephenarcher

Tak­ing pot­shots at the places I place my atten­tion. I attend to the sick at work. My atten­tion is riv­eted on my work much of the day. I make up sto­ries about it mat­ter­ing. My life does inter­sect with your … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Scarce

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stephenarcher

I was going to write this: It is my per­son­al­ity to try to fit in smaller spaces. Really though, I will write this: I try to fit in empty spaces, bar­ren, naked places. Some peo­ple use clut­ter to hide. I use a desert, maybe a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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