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#27 Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center

This year, I'm going to spend 31 days writing about places. In my profession, I talk about place-based writing quite a bit. I frame it like this when I share: We believe in the power of including spaces in the process of writing. Place-based writing is the concept that the place where we write may influence our thinking, impacting the writer’s perspective, engagement, ownership, and/or purpose. I'm really jazzed up, thinking about where I will spend time as a writer in 31 different spaces this month and how I can use each post to share a little slice of my day.  Today, Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. Is this place fictional?  Yes.  Is it going to make an impact on my thinking and writing anyway?  You betcha. Today is the last day of spring break and the only day of the week where I haven't had stuff scheduled.  It was a rainy and chilly morning, so the task of dog walking was even taken off the to-do list.  I was quite torn on whether or not to use t...

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