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Wegener and I    Over the course of six months, after five decades of unremarkable health, I was diagnosed in rapid succession with whooping cough, pulmonary E. coli, and a rare autoimmune disorder formerly named for a Nazi. The Nazi, Friedrich Wegener, had characterized…    read more

The trouble for Dr. Kappelschnitzer started with the obituary:         Shirley Kappelschnitzer, 67, beloved wife of Arnold. Life commemoration:         Tuesday, April 9, 11…    read more

The woman who was not my mother was named Sheila Stanton, and at the age of nineteen she was held captive for ninety-one days by the Red Ribbon Strangler. That was during 1967, the Summer of Love. After she was freed by a swat team, Stanton found herself the nation’s celebrity du jour.