Doris O'Brien is a retired college Speech teacher and banker. She has published two books of humor (Up or Down With Women's Liberation and Humor Me a Little) and for many years contributed light verse to the Pepper 'n Salt column of the Wall Street Journal. She is an avid writer of letters to the editors.
Doris celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in the same year she welcomed her first grandchild. She now lives in Pasadena with a great view of the San Gabriel mountains — and the annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
She can be reached by e-mail: witsendob at (@) gmail.com
Agnes Mary Clerke and The Transit of Venus
Intangible and Invisible: Caring for Critically Ill and Terminal Patients Can Generate Grief Reactions in Health Care Professionals
Dolores Huerta, Medal of Freedom Winner
Weighing My Options and Exercising Choices: My Cirque du Soleil Moment