Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Thank the nurse that’s nursing you For saving your life. For saving your life. For saving your life. That’s the end of “Thank the Nu...

I am rereading "Love in the Ruins or The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World" by Walker Percy. He wil...

Most Americans, it seems, have been following the hunt for the murderer of United Healthcare exec Brian Thompson. But it’s not the manhunt t...

We young orderlies, CNAs, techs, nurses fresh from graduation. Voices blared from loudspeakers: code blue ortho, code red ER, code pink nurs...

I’ve been recovering from heart surgery since Feb. 16. It was Valentine’s Day Week and it seemed like a good time for it. Heart surgery has ...

Ten years ago on these pages, I regaled my readers with stories of my heart attack. It was an exciting misadventure. Nobody in my family had...

I tried to write a piece about the massacre of 10 innocents at the King Soopers in Boulder. Few subjects make me speechless but mass shootin...

We received 31 or 36 inches of snow in our weekend blizzard, depending on who's doing the reporting. Anything more than 30 inches is a l...

I am pleased that WyoFile published my review of Katherine Standefer's nonfiction book, "Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover ...

My sister-in-law, Ellen Berry, died last week in Florida after a three-year bout with lung cancer. She was 61. She was a wonderful perso...

Listening to "Dear Prudence" on WPR's Throwback Thursday. Song from the Beatles White Album. Not sure if I bought the White Al...

Our legislature gathers for a short special session tomorrow to decide how to divvy up the federal pandemic stimulus funds. I’d vote to give...

On the one side, you have Trump and his narcissistic minions. On the other, you have nurses. I align myself with nurses. They are on the...

So many good causes in this time of COVID-19. Health professionals need PPE. Local small businesses need us to buy their wares so they can ...

I own a  Drive Nitro Euro-Style Tall Aluminum Four Wheel Rollator. It's one of the new breed of assistive devices that allow people like...

The certified nursing assistant (CNA) named Ashley pulls me out of my chair and leads me to the walker so I can get to the handicapped acces...

A question for my writer friends: Do odd things happen to you, or are you the odd thing? The answer is important. The world is odd, fil...

What action verb best describes a heart attack? Most times, the past tense of have serves the purpose. Dad had a heart attack. That's...

Just added to my reading list: "Blue Dreams: The science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds" by Lauren Slater. I wi...