by design | Jan 19, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson In these dark and cold days of winter it’s hard to see the days becoming longer even though the Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year – is behind us. The Solstice was celebrated in ancient cultures for heralding a “return of the sun” and...
by design | Jan 12, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Through some curious twist of fate the magazine Southern Living comes to our home addressed to me. To the best of my knowledge my only subscriptions are dry as toast medical journals. Though I’m proud to call myself a southerner, I’ve never...
by design | Jan 5, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Winter’s cold has finally come and I needed my heavy coat. I expected to find it pushed to the back of our closet by other season’s garb. I never expected to find, instead, the coat of a bygone era. The white hospital lab coat now relegated to the...
by design | Dec 29, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Our minister said what many of us are feeling: “We need Christmas,” because what a year it has been. I can’t fully understand the Depression, WW II or similar events from history because they are not experiential for me. However, I’ve now lived...
by design | Dec 15, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Christmas came early for me this year, though I’m not sure why. Some years I wait and wait and wonder if I’ll ever get the Christmas spirit. But, it eventually comes, though sometimes prompted by the Christmas movies Becky and I love and watch...
by design | Dec 8, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a grandfather and a writer I know words are important. My grandson’s use of words is increasing rapidly, and he now expresses his desires in sentences instead of a baby’s cry. And when I write for the Focus my readers and I share a common...
