My name is Jason. Thanks for visiting my blog. 

What can I tell you about me? 

I’m a 50-something pharmacist living in Massachusetts with my lovely wife, 4 children (only 2 are still at home), 4 felines, and probably way too many books. I was born in the Midwest, raised in California, and attended UConn school of pharmacy before settling down in the Bay State. 

I currently oversee all outpatient and specialty pharmacy operations at the largest cancer center in New England. Every day I get to support the teams providing medication to the amazingly courageous patients who come to us for care. 

While outpatient specialty oncology pharmacy is my chosen career, leadership and management are my professional passions. What I love most about these topics is that they constantly push me to improve myself. Leadership is a self-development journey more than anything else. As Warren Bennis put it well, “becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It’s precisely that simple, and it’s also that difficult.” 

Over the years, The Honest Apothecary blog has changed a lot. I suppose that is because I have changed a lot? While the blog began talking almost exclusively about pharmacy (operations, medications, vendors, etc.), it has now morphed into something of a more comprehensive expression of who I am. I love to write, and confining my topics to my career just wasn’t working for me anymore. You can read more about the re-birth of this blog here.  

Today, readers of my blog will find topics of various flavors that reflect the different things I care about and am working on. This may include scribblings ranging from my work to my wife (with her permission of course!). Maybe some of the brewery escapades with my brother will bubble up from time to time.  Readers might find ramblings about the goings on in my local church that I love. The quilting adventures of my widowed mom, or the hilarious happenings with my in-laws might find there way here. 

Of course, expect to hear about my other hobbies and happenings such as reading, podcasts, teaching, kayaking, running, home-brewing, and fending off the 4 cats who think they own my home.  

In all this, hopefully I can deliver you a helpful and healthy diversion from our hurried lives; a place to give your mind a pleasant break from the trials of your life and the pressures of your profession. And if I can occasionally dispense a smile, or refill your relish for life, I’ll consider my job to be done.