Category Archives: Memoir
Robert Edwards (1925-2013)
A memorial service for Bob Edwards was held last weekend at Bourn Hall, near Cambridge, England. That is the Jacobean mansion house where he founded the world’s first in vitro clinic for fertility treatment (IVF) with Patrick Steptoe in 1980. … Continue reading
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Appalachian Spring
I took the title from Aaron Copland because his suite captures the very essence of my feelings about Appalachia at this time of year. Springtime arrives late, growing very slowly like the music until a major arpeggio bursts out of … Continue reading
The Red Gods Call
When I fly out of JFK airport and can look out from a window seat I gaze at the empty marsh below instead of the Manhattan skyline after our wheels lift off runway 4L. I’m thinking about Bob Morris, the … Continue reading
Serendipity or Chance
The King of Serendip (Sri Lanka) sent his three sons away to a foreign country to experience life in the real world. They got into trouble, as boys will, when a merchant accused them of stealing a camel he had … Continue reading
