New Project from My Decor & Furnishings Workshop

Coat Rack

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Dr. Denmark Dies at 114

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World's Oldest Doctor Leila Denmark Dies at 114 

(AP) Dr. Leila Denmark, the woman who became the world's oldest practicing physician died Sunday in Athens, Ga. She was 114.

When Dr. Denmark at age 103, she was declared by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest doctor.

Denmark became the first resident physician at Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children in Atlanta when it opened in 1928, said her grandson, Steven Hutcherson of Atlanta. She also admitted the first patient at the hospital, which is now part of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

She loved helping children, and it showed in the way she would turn to the next family waiting to see her, Hutcherson said.

"She would say, `Who is the next little angel?," he said.

Denmark began her pediatrics practice in her home in Atlanta in 1931 and continued until her retirement in 2001. That year, she earned the distinction of being the world's oldest practicing physician, said Robert Young, senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records. She was also the world's fourth-oldest living person when she died, Young said.

Throughout her career, she always kept her office in or near her home, where children and their parents would show up at all hours in need of care, family members said.

"The kids would come in and she would spend as much time as she needed with the parents to help fix that baby or that child," Hutcherson said. "What she would do is figure out how to help them stay well."

Helping children get well and stay well was challenging in Atlanta's soot-stained air that darkened the sky during the Depression era, relatives said.

She treated some of Atlanta's poorest children as a volunteer at the Central Presbyterian Baby Clinic near the state capitol in Atlanta, said her daughter, Mary Hutcherson of Athens. Mill workers and other poor people who had no other way to get medical care would bring their sick children to the clinic.

Denmark loved her volunteer work at the clinic, just as she loved seeing patients in her home, her daughter said.

That enduring love of her work was a key to her long life, along with eating right, family members said.

"She absolutely loved practicing medicine more than anything else in the world," said another grandson, Dr. James Hutcherson of Evergreen, Colo. "She never referred to practicing medicine as work."

Denmark also received several honors during her career, including the Fisher Award in 1935 for outstanding research in diagnosis, treatment, and immunization of whooping cough.

She received alumni awards from Tift College, Mercer University, Georgia Southern and the Medical College of Georgia; and honorary degrees from Tift, Mercer and Emory University.

Denmark's funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Athens.

"Everything about her was always trying to make a difference, first and foremost," Steven Hutcherson said. 

Outdoor Art Walls

 Above:  Photos & Design:  Toni  Youngblood

  Above:  Photo & Design:  Toni  Youngblood

 Above:  Photo:  Toni  Youngblood

Wonder: More Gender Culture

You may remember this post:  Wonder: Gender Culture.


And the description on this "men's" product made me wonder why girls don't have so much fun with their deodorant:

On the same topic and still a wonder is this:

I recently learned of this made-for-men product which just happens to be the best moisturizing hand and body creme I have ever used.  My significant other introduced me to it, when he saw me suffering from dry and cracking hands this winter.  Even the products designed for women by the same manufacturer have not come close to being as effective as this one for me. This "men's" product has helped me avoid the typical problems associated with dry hands this winter and I'm going to see how well my bare feet fare this summer by using it on my exposed tootsies.  I just wanted to pass this along to all the women who desire a good moisturizing creme and may not be able to find a suitable one in the ladies' department.

xSparky

Art Museum by Rice+Lipka Architects

Photo:  John Chamberlain gallery looking east. © Richard Barnes

Follow this link to see more photos of a former Nabisco manufacturing plant that has been converted into an art museum for the Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, NY permanet collection:  DIA:BEACON

This evening there will be a lecture at the University of Washington Department of Architecture as part of the UW Department of Architecture Lecture Series

Friday 24 February

Astrid Lipka and Lyn Rice / LYN RICE ARCHITECTS

5:30 PM - Reception
Architecture Hall Lobby

6:30 PM - Lecture
TWISTED CONSTRAINTS
Architecture Hall 147

As co-principals of Rice + Lipka Architects, Lyn Rice and Astrid Lipka have developed an iterative design approach that takes pleasure in teasing out the unexpected performative/aesthetic potential of projects by inventively embracing their practical constraints.  This lecture and reception are sponsored by the UW Department of Architecture.  They are free and open to the public.

February Gallery Stroll - Friday February 17th

This month Charley Hafen Jewelers - Gallery features Dayle Record’s photographic exhibit Singular Images, The Lake I Love, altered Earth images which are in part a tribute to the era in which the environmental movement was born.  

For a complete list of exhibits on this month's Gallery Stroll's website, click here.

Happy Valentine's Day 2012 and...

Happy 114th Birthday, Dr. Denmark!

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Local supercentenarian celebrates 114 birthday...

Above:  Dr. Leila Denmark, our family's pediatrician through generations.

 Above:  Heart on a String, acrylic on canvas, Toni Youngblood

Above:  I Love You, acrylic on canvas, Toni Youngblood