Quimper Family Medicine

10/16/2025

Friendly reminder that we are open. ❤️

NMWA is a private nonprofit museum and remains open during the federal government shutdown. For the duration of the shutdown, NMWA will offer free admission to any furloughed federal government employees. (Federal employees can claim free admission at the Ticketing Desk.)

nmwa.org/tickets

05/31/2025

https://drkottaway.com/2025/05/31/alcohol-myths/

I am back working in Colorado and a recurring theme this month is alcohol and alcohol myths. Myth: If I only drink on my days off, I am not an alcoholic. Nope. People can binge one day a week and s…

02/23/2025

Why are eggs gone but not chickens?

I note this article this week: That version says that the Trump Administration is trying to rehire bird flu experts that got fired. Most of the news outlets frame it differently: Suddenly it is the…

02/15/2025

Dona nobis pacem:

My receptionist of 6 years at Quimper Family Medicine, Pat McKinney, died on February 6th. The photograph is from October, when I was in Port Townsend again for two weeks. She and I went for a walk…

01/22/2025

Bringing an elder home from the hospital.

I get a call from the hospital (this is over a year ago). They say, “Your friend is ready for discharge. What time can you pick her up?” I reply, “Can she walk?” “What…

01/12/2025

Thinking about thinking.

I am thinking about thinking. What do people think about most of the time? This partly comes from my ex. He thinks out loud a lot, an external processor. My daughter and I wanted to know what he th…

12/19/2024

Managing and HR:

Work is being a bit of a difficult place. I think that if a clinic is has two new providers with one new medical assistant, there should be some formal support in place. Not the manager of multiple…

12/14/2024

Surprise:

After I post my story about nuisance on Thursday, I have a bigger nuisance show up. I get ready for work, tell my cat to have a lovely day, get in the car, open the garage door, back out and press …

12/06/2024

Do you ever want to retreat to a pillow fort?

Clinic has been hopping. I have been at the present site now for six weeks, so I am starting to know a few of the patients. That is, the ones that are sick and I am worrying about. It is best if yo…

12/01/2024

What will peace look like?

What will peace look like? People will still disagree often but like my parents they will appreciate evidence and science. They will listen to each other with interest, with respect. They will bet …

11/27/2024

Be careful in the teeth of the storms:

No, hummingbirds don’t chew as far as I know, but they sure are tough. I had an Anna’s hummingbird that would overwinter in Port Townsend, surviving even when it was snowing and got dow…

11/22/2024

Phone or email or text?

I was out of clinic for two years and then very part time for a year and now not quite full time as a temp. I bargained to not quite be full time. The electronic medical record is having a conseque…