Laura Bergin
@lbergin.bsky.social
Mother, physician, reader of thousands of books.
Thank you for sharing them with us. I think those of us who were too young to understand in those days just have this vague idea of the sweeping vastness of loss - there aren’t nearly as many individual stories. We lost a substantial part of a generation.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Thank you for sharing them with us. I think those of us who were too young to understand in those days just have this vague idea of the sweeping vastness of loss - there aren’t nearly as many individual stories. We lost a substantial part of a generation.
Winter‘s Bone was kind of shocking to watch because it captured the landscape and people of rural Missouri in a way that I felt straight down to my bones. It was breathtakingly familiar.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Winter‘s Bone was kind of shocking to watch because it captured the landscape and people of rural Missouri in a way that I felt straight down to my bones. It was breathtakingly familiar.
It’s beautiful! Congratulations!
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s beautiful! Congratulations!
By which I intend to point out that a more traditional family size getting 4k a year is still spending far less than we are - this isn’t that much money. How much does that guy spend in his family’s groceries?
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
By which I intend to point out that a more traditional family size getting 4k a year is still spending far less than we are - this isn’t that much money. How much does that guy spend in his family’s groceries?
But what is the average benefit per person? Because my family spends 1000-1200 per month on groceries for 7 people. And we eat healthy, balanced meals, but not extravagant or gourmet - we are a tacos, stirfry, chicken soup kind of family.
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
But what is the average benefit per person? Because my family spends 1000-1200 per month on groceries for 7 people. And we eat healthy, balanced meals, but not extravagant or gourmet - we are a tacos, stirfry, chicken soup kind of family.
I just answered my 10 year old’s question, “What exactly is sci-fi?” with an overly enthusiastic (At last! My moment has arrived!) 10 minute soliloquy on speculative fiction varieties, with examples in film and literature for each... but sure, women definitely aren’t into science fiction.
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I just answered my 10 year old’s question, “What exactly is sci-fi?” with an overly enthusiastic (At last! My moment has arrived!) 10 minute soliloquy on speculative fiction varieties, with examples in film and literature for each... but sure, women definitely aren’t into science fiction.
pro-actively declining to discuss weight or weight management is such a good way to handle it. clear, respectful communication for the win.
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
pro-actively declining to discuss weight or weight management is such a good way to handle it. clear, respectful communication for the win.
I don’t think Black people fall prey as often to the mentality that as long as they’re targeting someone else at the moment you’re going to be on the winning team when the dust settles. I doubt they’re happy.
October 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I don’t think Black people fall prey as often to the mentality that as long as they’re targeting someone else at the moment you’re going to be on the winning team when the dust settles. I doubt they’re happy.
Have you ever sung in a choir with one or two powerful singers, and somehow singing with them made your own voice bigger and clearer? Thank you for being a section leader for our midwestern voices. May we all sing a purer song together.
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Have you ever sung in a choir with one or two powerful singers, and somehow singing with them made your own voice bigger and clearer? Thank you for being a section leader for our midwestern voices. May we all sing a purer song together.
Appreciate the list of books to buy for my kids and to donate to our school library.
September 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Appreciate the list of books to buy for my kids and to donate to our school library.
I so love when a person who is perfectly placed to say, “Excuse me, but when this happened to me I did not act like a crazy person or forget about the basic rights of others,“ comes out and says it.
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I so love when a person who is perfectly placed to say, “Excuse me, but when this happened to me I did not act like a crazy person or forget about the basic rights of others,“ comes out and says it.
I hope you lot have better luck smothering this fire than we have had in the US. It’s nauseating, devoting your entire life to medical science and care, and watching people spew this drivel - and others consume it cheerfully.
September 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I hope you lot have better luck smothering this fire than we have had in the US. It’s nauseating, devoting your entire life to medical science and care, and watching people spew this drivel - and others consume it cheerfully.
Yay! I didn’t know there was a second, you’re my hero :)
September 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Yay! I didn’t know there was a second, you’re my hero :)
This is one of my favorite comfort reads of all time. Such great stories, enough like medicine to be interesting and enough different that I don’t feel like I’m working in my leisure time. I pulled them off my mom’s shelf for the first time as a teenager and have read them over and over again.
September 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is one of my favorite comfort reads of all time. Such great stories, enough like medicine to be interesting and enough different that I don’t feel like I’m working in my leisure time. I pulled them off my mom’s shelf for the first time as a teenager and have read them over and over again.
Thank you for the recommendation! I read a lot, and have used Libby and KU but definitely not comfortable with the things I have heard about how KU treats authors. Id like to support a service that treats authors more fairly - we can only read new books as long as people are willing to write them.
September 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thank you for the recommendation! I read a lot, and have used Libby and KU but definitely not comfortable with the things I have heard about how KU treats authors. Id like to support a service that treats authors more fairly - we can only read new books as long as people are willing to write them.
Reading corner. Drawer for books, place for your teacup. The chair made for socializing with others now evolves into a place for delicious solitude.
September 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reading corner. Drawer for books, place for your teacup. The chair made for socializing with others now evolves into a place for delicious solitude.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Take time to shower, to make and eat meals, and don’t feel bad about shortcuts that let you squeeze in things that are pleasurable. To badly paraphrase, chores will be with you always, but a summer afternoon is fleeting.
August 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Take time to shower, to make and eat meals, and don’t feel bad about shortcuts that let you squeeze in things that are pleasurable. To badly paraphrase, chores will be with you always, but a summer afternoon is fleeting.
She is a particularly striking person!
August 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
She is a particularly striking person!
To be clear, that does not make this comment less stupid.
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
To be clear, that does not make this comment less stupid.
Loved your ad - as a person who benefited from the programs that some are trying to do away with, you are a great person to show them why it’s wrong and why we have to do better. I love seeing the Midwesterners who are bringing our native grit and generosity to the legislature.
August 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Loved your ad - as a person who benefited from the programs that some are trying to do away with, you are a great person to show them why it’s wrong and why we have to do better. I love seeing the Midwesterners who are bringing our native grit and generosity to the legislature.
OBGYN - Yes, I would expect them to be. There are gastrointestinal side effects to misoprostol oral administration which are reduced by use by other routes, but oral administration is also effective, and as they are not timed-release formulations I would not expect crushing to impact efficacy.
August 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
OBGYN - Yes, I would expect them to be. There are gastrointestinal side effects to misoprostol oral administration which are reduced by use by other routes, but oral administration is also effective, and as they are not timed-release formulations I would not expect crushing to impact efficacy.
Is there anyone who would say no?
Anyone at all?
Anyone at all?
August 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Is there anyone who would say no?
Anyone at all?
Anyone at all?
When I was beginning my OBGyn residency we learned about treatment of syphilis in pregnancy like it was a curiosity, because it was pretty rare - I saw a single case as a resident and it was a “great learning case”. My first four years in practice I saw it often enough to get good at it.
July 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When I was beginning my OBGyn residency we learned about treatment of syphilis in pregnancy like it was a curiosity, because it was pretty rare - I saw a single case as a resident and it was a “great learning case”. My first four years in practice I saw it often enough to get good at it.