by design | Feb 18, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I look up at the cloudy February skies and watch the cold drizzle fall, I begin to long for spring. In fact, about the only good thing I can say about February is that it’s short. Perhaps a sign of aging is that you long for southern regions...
by design | Feb 11, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr Jim Ferguson As I look up at the cloudy February skies and watch the cold drizzle fall, I begin to long for spring. In fact, about the only good thing I can say about February is that it’s short. Perhaps a sign of aging is that you long for southern regions...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve become accustomed to writing my Focus essay on Wednesday afternoons after I’ve made hospital rounds and I’ve finish business chores. However, grandbabies change your life. My two girls were fortunate to have my stay-at-home wife, Becky, when...
by design | Jan 28, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson In the late 17th century the English philosopher John Locke wrote a treatise on what would become known as the “social contract.” In his paper Locke influenced many Enlightenment thinkers, including Thomas Jefferson who wrote our Declaration of...
by design | Jan 21, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My brother sent me a text saying that our friend had “passed-on.” This was not an unexpected announcement since Mitchell was in a Hospice program ending a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. In forty years of medical care I’ve only known two...
by design | Jan 14, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Have you ever gone to the refrigerator and found something unidentifiable in a Tupperware container? There’s a great line by Walter Matthau in the Odd Couple movie. His character Oscar is hosting a poker party and announces to his buddies, “I’ve...
