Anne Lipton, MD, PhD

@annelipton.bsky.social

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Neurologist. Writer. Editor. THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DEMENTIA, PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, THIS SIDE OF DOCTORING Epistemic Literary Magazine. #KidLitChuckleChallenge champion, #SpringFlingKidlit winner, #FallWritingFrenzy winner

Left Column: Photograph of ECG (electrocardiogram) tracing of cardiac waveforms in black ink on black-gridded graph paper. Author's own image (Anne M. Lipton). Right column: Text in Times New Roman font, black ink: The Tides Inside My brain makes waves—an EEG. My heart makes waves—an ECG. My strength makes waves—an EMG. An ocean splashes inside me. –Anne M. Lipton EEG = Electroencephalogram ECG = Electrocardiogram EMG = Electromyogram
Woman on left with brown hair in crown braids wearing a green jacket black t-shirt printed with an image of Princess Leia in space buns and the STAR WARS logo extending her hand in a three-pronged salute to mimic a similar hand gesture by a sign made by a cut-out of Grogu, a small green creature with large eyes and pointy ears ahead of a window framing a leafy green tree.
Flowing water framed by leafy green tree branches and reflecting blue skies above. Tall green evergreens stand tall in the background.
Mud-brown beach with gray and white rocks fronts blue water at low tide ahead of blue mountains with industrial buildings and cities at base and white clouds over mountains beneath blue skies.
City skyline of high rises above boats in a marina, all reflected in the water and under white clouds with hints of blue sky.
White boats moored in a marina with a backdrop of green trees, white fluffy cumulus clouds above blue mountains, and blue skies.
White boats moored in a marina with a high-rise building to the right and blue skies with a line of white clouds at the horizon, one cloud rising above the others in the shape of a whale breaching the water.
The near side of the Moon, a light grey bumpy surface with white and dark spots. A large dark splotch dominates the right and the most prominent smaller dark splotch is located toward and between the positions of 7 and 8 on an analog clock. This is the Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater straddling the Moon’s near and far sides. Everything to the left of the crater is the far side of the Moon (which appears as a bumpy light grey). This is the hemisphere we don’t get to see from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it orbits round us. 📸: NASA. Alt text adapted by me (Anne Lipton) from the NASA image description.
Photo title/credit: Hello, World, NASA/Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft Image of round and mostly blue Earth with strands of white clouds, a tan continent at the bottom left, and a rim of bright light at the bottom right showing the Earth eclipsing the Sun. The background is black with scattered spots of light. The most prominent bright light, at a distance from the bottom right of Earth, is the planet Venus.
Weather vane with red ball atop multi-walled red brick buildings with white counterstones under blue sky and white clouds.
Goals by Anne Lipton I am a bowl, chipped at the rim. Fill me with milk. Watch frosty flakes swim. I am a foal, cavorting full speed. Muck out my stables. I’ll be your steed. I am a hole, a pit in the road. Leap over me. Now that’s a good toad! I am a goal, awaiting the day I won’t be skipped or packed away.
Poem and photograph (Alleynes Bay, Barbados) by Anne Lipton. Image: Lightened photograph of pink sunset clouds in blue sky over blue Atlantic ocean waves and bar of white sand beach. Full text of poem: What I Need to Leave Behind by Anne Lipton What I need to leave behind to be present here today: Anxiousness about tomorrow. Things that happened yesterday. All the world beyond my reach. Hurtful words that others say. Inner doubts that hold me back. Intrusive noise, I pack away to write an innovative poem, a message to myself— Hooray!
Two girls on white sand beach with blue water and white caps crashing ashore, green hills in distance, all framed by twisty California Cypress trees.
Red sunrise over city skyline and reflected in the harbour water.
Quaint Quizzes on cobwebs. Umbrella, our pool. A thimble, I sit on, Intent on my spool. No fairy too tiny To sparkle in school. —Anne Lipton
Golden blended soup (with flecks of orange and green) in a purple bowl. The soup is topped with two bright green broccoli florets and a lightly-toasted slice of bread.
Text: I'M TRICK-OR-TREATING @#SeasonsOfKidlit.com The Fun Starts October 1st! Industry Interviews, Book Giveaways, MS Pitch Event, Skip-the-Slush Opportunity, & More Cartoon images of three cookies in a row decorated as 1) the head of a cute green Frankenstein monster with flat black hair, forehead and jaw stitches, and neck bolts; 2) a black bat with pink ears, cheeks, and wing stripes; and 3) a golden brown chocolate chip cookie with eyes peeking out from stripes of white icing criss-crossing he cookie like a mummy wrap.
Spread my Ashes in Pompeii by Anne Lipton Spread my ashes in Pompeii and I shall live another day, spending all eternity breaking chains to set slaves free, baking in the bakery, and reading in the library. I’ll toast and feast in courtyards square, dining in the open air. I’ll amble every stony street upon my leather-sandalled feet. Good friends and Romans, I will greet, whenever we should chance to meet. I’ll paint the walls and tiles, too, beneath broad skies of brilliant blue. My playwriting I’ll have to tweak, learning Latin—even Greek— so I can read and write and speak, a watchful eye on every peak. Though if Hell breaches hallowed ground, I’ll lead Pompeiians somewhere sound. So never fear the volcano, though it may huff and it may blow. We’ll be gone should lava flow and long before the ashes snow.
Yellow chalk sketch of sun on rocks ahead of blue water, mountains, and sky with a variety of white clouds.
Poem printed on photograph of a sketch. Text of poem: Zero Winks I have stitches in my side and stuffing in my belly. I can’t get a wink of sleep. My knees are made of jelly. I can thrive on zero sleep. I never stop to eat. But I need a little push to bring me to my feet. I see everything you do and nothing much at all with unblinking button eyes— because I am a doll. –Anne Lipton Background: Sketch of woman wearing a turban with ostrich plumes, diamond necklace, and a long sleeved empire-waist gown standing before a chaise longue and lamp on end table. Image credit: Photograph by Anne Lipton of "Ball Dress," printed in La Belle Assemblée, February 1822, and featured in the @museumofvan.bsky.social "Dressed for History" exhibition.
Spring mix greens topped with anchovies, shredded tuna, potatoes, green beans, green olives, and capers with a split hard-boiled egg, on a plate bordered by delicate violet flowers, set on a placemat of a beach scene with blue sky, blue water, and a sandy beach.
Yellow Happy Book Birthday card ft. cover of IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE (illustration of bumblebee fairy on field of painted flowers) and "a Thank you to everyone who helped make this book possible" from Yeehoo Press. Book author: Cynthia Mackey, Illustrator/art credit: Vikki Zhang
Heave-ho! by Anne Lipton Snuck is a past tense of sneak. Crept is the past tense of creep. Shone is a past tense of shine. Leapt is a past tense of leap. Dove is a past tense of dive. Hove is a past tense of heave. Wept is the past tense of weep. Love is a past tense of leave.
Heave-ho! by Anne Lipton Snuck is a past tense of sneak. Crept is the past tense of creep. Shone is a past tense of shine. Leapt is a past tense of leap. Dove is a past tense of dive. Hove is a past tense of heave. Wept is the past tense of weep. Love is a past tense of leave.
Screenshot of Poetry Text: ’Twas the Right Punctuation (h/t Clement Clarke Moore) by Anne Lipton More rapid than raptors the chapters they came, and I read them, and proofed them, with marks to exclaim! How? Question! now, Hy-phen! now [Brackets] and Em dash— On, Comma, on, Colon: on, {Braces} and En dash (–)! But put down your pencil, grammatical cop! My book’s in its printing, “The End” is— Full stop.
Text of Poem: Alpha Bird by Anne Lipton A, Beak, Chickadee, Eagle, Falcon, Garganey, Hatch! Eye! Jay! Kest-(reL), M, N, Make a Nest (well), O! Owl and Parakeet, Quail, Robin, Spring, Tweet! Upupa, V-formation, Wing! X—make way for duck crossing! Bird-Y wins it in the clinch. Z is for a Zebra finch. Background: Photo of black crow perched on a piece of driftwood on a pale sandy beach with gentle waves of blue water. Photo Credit: Anne Lipton
Text of poem: In a World by Anne Lipton Of all the tales that I admire set on Earth, in space or shire, in the reign of ice and fire, in the mist or in the mire, on a ship or cinder spire, on a ledge or tightrope wire, good story is the unifier. Background: Photo of leather-bound books on shelves by Anne Lipton.
Watercolour-style digital illustration of pink clouds and blue sky over pink-tinged snow peaks of a purple mountain range. Digital art from photo, both by Anne Lipton
Digital art illustration of a castle-shaped mountain with yellowed pines and grasses in foreground. Digital art and photo of Castle Mountain, Alberta, Canada by Anne Lipton.
Two sausages with a slice of bread and mashed potatoes with greens, on a plate atop a placemat with a colorful painting of seaside hills
Round deep chocolate cake with foamy frosting held up on a plate with blue sky, mountains, high-rises, and harbour as backdrop.
Hill of purple heather and green brush overlooking blue ocean with peninsulas and islands under blue sky. Digital art from original photo of Ring of Kerry, Ireland, by Anne Lipton.
Illustration of a singing bumblebee drawn from an upside down treble clef on a musical staff. Photograph of ink drawing by Anne Lipton.
A cobbled street, with sidewalks lined by columns and houses, runs through two stone Roman arches with a view to a mountain range. Photo Credit: Anne Lipton, Pompeii, Italy.
Murky red circle depicting Blood Moon. Original photograpy/watercolour by Anne Lipton.
Sun reflecting off central high rise building in a city at the base of a mountain range with water in foreground and moon rising above mountains in the background.
Snowy evergreen trees under blue sky with white clouds.
Puffed-up black raven perched on balcony railing with background of blue skies with white clouds, snowy white mountains, and harbour with boats in marina and a stand of evergreen trees.
Bread cube stretching cheese from pot of cheese fondue.
Golden chocolate-chip cookie sliced in half to reveal bread-like texture, topped by similar uncut cookie, on a bright teal plate.