The silent patient. Hated it.

Also the guest list by Lucy Foley.

Not knowing what he was thinking, this was my first thought. Kerouac as a novelist, sure. As a party guest, even better. But as a poet?! Going toe to toe with Yeats? I think not.

The Loyalsock Trail? That scenic overlook is stunning.

Plus Forksville has a cheesesteak place that was on the cover of the Inquirer recently.

If you want to go a bit more rustic, World’s End State Park has beautiful rustic cabins on a river with amazing hikes.

“I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.”

From Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It still makes my breath catch in my throat.

What is fandom if not suffering?

Their beer isn’t even that good! There. I said it.

I tried to go drive close when the pandemic first started and the kids and I were bored. Security came and blocked the road we were driving on and threatened to call the cops on my three kids and I. Dude was super aggressive and we were just driving up. I wouldn’t try to go without a tour.

I loved it. My medical side loved how he broke down the doctor-patient dynamic and my English major side loved his appreciation of literature and writing. So moving. And poignant.

Along a similar, although funnier vein: “The Bright Hour” by Nina Riggs.

CHH is literally a block away. Temple is 15-20 mins. Sometimes, if the patient isn’t imminent they will attempt to make it to a level 1, but with an ER that close the hope is that they could stabilize at least enough for the short drive.

15 minute train ride outside the city to Forest and Main in Ambler. R5.

Cause it’s shit beer