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Genetics and New England Pathology

I am a W.A.S.P (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant) eligible as a card-carrying member of both the Mayflower Society and the Sons of the American Revolution. My maternal grandmother’s sister invested the time and patience to complete the proofs required by the Mayflower Society.[1] That lineage, the Messinger–Taft branch, is documented cleanly from Plymouth Rock to me,Continue reading “Genetics and New England Pathology”

July 31, 2016

I have been alone for ten days. Heidi and the boys are in the Midwest visiting her father and friends leaving me with the freedom to do anything. It is so rare to have time entirely my own. I spent the first day driving to Milton Freewater to train with Jim Keating. Time well spent butContinue reading “July 31, 2016”