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This month’s featured writing is from Mark Hurt: For Whom Do I Write? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark has lived in Boise for the last 10 years with his wonderful wife, Hope. They love to travel and are long-suffering Cubs fans. Mark is a retired physician who worked over 30 years in the Midwest in the Chicago area and later in the northwestern part of our country.  He worked as a radiologist, and he was involved in the design and building of hospitals. Mark has been a member of the Osher Institute in Boise for most of the last five years and greatly enjoys being a part of the Personal Writing SIG.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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