From 1981 to 2004, I had the incredibly good fortune of living on Scott Crescent, a crescent-shaped street about a quarter-mile long. Most of my neighbors had built their homes and planted their cedar elms in the 1940s. My neighbors were as captivating as the tree-lined street.
One neighbor was Jack Lambrecht. Retired from the military [...]
Local Issues Articles
Neighbor, glider pilot, bringer of perspective
Austin American-Statesman, April 11, 2012
A Lunch Break a Day Keeps the Lawyers Away
Austin American-Statesman, November 26, 2010
Working in a fast-paced, complex-care hospital setting is a juggling act for nurses, which is mainly what attracted us to the job and keeps us here. We like juggling.
Coming and going from work, staff nurses like myself swipe in and out of time clocks. Recently, the hospital system where I work joined others around the [...]
Trying to reconcile unspeakable horrors – as a mother and as a nurse
Austin American-Statesman, May 18, 2010
As a mom and a 30-year neonatal nurse, I’m tough. Or so I thought. I can deal with kids getting infections and being born prematurely, and I can help immensely with all that. And I can deal with and help with setbacks and recurrences. I never thought I’d be confronted with the scenario of a parent I once knew being charged with injury to a child.
One man’s dream come true sounds like a nightmare
Austin American-Statesman, October 2, 2009
To vary a line from “Cool Hand Luke,” what we’ve got here is … failure of city leadership.
American-Statesman columnist Michael Barnes reported in Tuesday’s editions that the biggest post-Austin City Limits Music Festival bash in history is to be held at the iconic Seaholm Power Plant on Friday and Saturday nights. It’s a dream come true for producer Jason Hicks, Barnes wrote: “The Seaholm project is his moonshot.”
Jake Pickle’s greatest gift to all of us
Austin American-Statesman, June 25, 2005
One of my fondest childhood memories was of Congressman J.J. “Jake” Pickle lighting up the First Methodist Church downtown when he’d enter, bigger than life, wearing a top hat and passing around those tiny, goofy green plastic pickles.
All the kids loved Jake because he made us laugh and paid attention to us. As we grew [...]
The ’system’ isn’t failing to rescue Texas’ mentally ill. We are.
Austin American-Statesman, June 4, 2004
An administrator of a Central Texas nonprofit rural hospital asked me last week, “What is going on out there? Our ER, and even our general medicine floor, are suddenly full of patients with mental problems. Even the family practice docs are calling me saying their caseload is filling with people with serious mental illnesses that [...]
Seton-Brackenridge solution can work
Austin American-Statesman, August 31, 2001
It’s infuriating that a group of aging, celibate men in Rome could threaten women’s reproductive services at a public hospital in Austin. But public debate on this issue should focus on a community solution, not on whether the Catholic-sponsored Seton Healthcare Network should continue to manage our public Brackenridge Hospital.
In June, Seton advised the city [...]
Legacies: Venola Schmidt, 1919-2001
The Good Life [p. 16], August 1, 2001
A eulogy delivered by Toni Inglis at Venola Schmidt’s memorial service on June 23, 2001, at First Unitarian Church.
The Tuesday after Venola died, former Gov. Ann Richards read the article in the Austin-American Statesman written by reporter Leah Quin. She called me from Washington, DC, and thankfully I had the presence of mind to get [...]
Social stigma core cause for fewer mental hospitals
Austin American-Statesman, February 7, 2001
The Jan. 29 front-page Austin American-Statesman article, “Is a single psychiatric hospital enough to serve Austin patients?” discusses what’s available for Austinites needing inpatient mental health care. The article correctly notes that despite explosive growth both in population and the need for mental health care, the number of private psychiatric hospitals has dwindled from four [...]
AISD must retain its registered nurse staff
Austin American-Statesman, June 6, 1996
On the heels of a stunning victory for Austin schoolchildren – the citizen vote approving $370 million in bonds for school improvements – comes an equally stunning threat to the health and safety of our schoolchildren: a budget proposal by Austin Independent School District Superintendent Dr. James Fox to eliminate registered nurses from our schools.
In [...]
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Austin, Texas 78703
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