Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Smoke

  • Solitude

    Donna Pucciani Wheaton, Illinois, United States   You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley . . . —American Folk Song   Photo by Donna Pucciani We learn to be alone for months when microscopic murder floats in the air like so much smoke. We learn to fear the passing stranger whose only misdeed is walking…