Author: Tim Rumsey

  • Notebook Recollections: West 7th Liquor Barrel Glacier

    Notebook Recollections: West 7th Liquor Barrel Glacier

    Local staple Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for…

  • Notebook Recollections: St. Stan’s Burns

    Notebook Recollections: St. Stan’s Burns

    Local staple Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for…

  • Notebook Recollections

    Notebook Recollections

    Local staple Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his love…

  • Neighbors

    Neighbors

    By Tim Rumsey, MDToday, Jan. 21, 8:05 a.m., the cold is painful. Tips of fingers freeze. The musculoskeletal system balks. The mind ices up.That’s why…

  • West 7th Notebook Recollections, December 1997

    West 7th Notebook Recollections, December 1997

    By Tim Rumsey, MDLocal staple Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept…

  • Recollections: A Case of Brotherly Love: November 1997

    Recollections: A Case of Brotherly Love: November 1997

    By Tim Rumsey, MDFrank Heller’s older brother Raymond was hospitalized at United with metastatic prostate cancer. He did not look good. Frank stayed with him in…

  • Some good news, please!

    Some good news, please!

    By Tim Rumsey, MDHalloween evening 2004, Carl Bentson had 103 trick or treaters come to his lower St. Clair home. Each visitor received a can of…

  • It’s Time for a Flu Shot

    It’s Time for a Flu Shot

    By Tim Rumsey, MDOctober to May, every year, is influenza time. Even in this era of COVID-19, we need our flu shots.The Centers for Disease…

  • A $100 Covid Shot

    A $100 Covid Shot

    By Tim Rumsey, MDCOVID-19 is not yet done messing with us. The new Delta variant is more infectious, can be more severe, and has proven to…