May 2021 Update

Like many people, time got away from me while dealing with everything going on in 2020, so it's been a while since I posted an update here. However, I was fortunate enough that I did have the time and energy to work on a number of projects since last I updated!

The biggest news is that my first book, Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures, is available for preorder. 

I've also been plugging along on the final stretch of my blog project A Catalog of Curiosity. Some of my favorite recent posts:

• Learning to Listen with my Eyes, about taking an American Sign Language class over Zoom
• My Day as a Lobbyist, about Museums Advocacy Day
• A three-part series musing on writing medical history in a pandemic -- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Another fun project I've been working on is that during the pandemic, I started contributing to the Facebook page where I work, at the Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital. I've been writing the "Your Medical Museum at Home" series, in which I tie tidbits of medical history to household objects, and I have well over 100 posts in the series at this point.