The digital home of Amol Shrikhande
I’m a Gen X doctor in the Rust Belt who cut back on medicine to compose our region’s story—our way.
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On the Blog

Upstate NY, You’re Wrong—It Ain’t the Weather
Mythology and reality have a way of becoming synonymous, and, no, I’m not talking about the Bible. I’m talking, as

Who the Heck Is Clyfford Still?!
It ain’t easy being important, as Clyfford Still taught me the other day. On that particular afternoon, I found myself

Where Am I?!
Where am I? I asked myself. Thanks to GPS—and a still-functioning brain—I knew the answer in a spatial sense. The

Upstate NY, You’re Wrong—It Ain’t the Weather
Mythology and reality have a way of becoming synonymous, and, no, I’m not talking about the Bible. I’m talking, as

Who the Heck Is Clyfford Still?!
It ain’t easy being important, as Clyfford Still taught me the other day. On that particular afternoon, I found myself

Where Am I?!
Where am I? I asked myself. Thanks to GPS—and a still-functioning brain—I knew the answer in a spatial sense. The


