Month: May 2012

  • Vicissitudes of fortune

    Morning all! Hope y’all are well and enjoying life. As I’ve been writing tonight and thinking a lot – facilitated by Marcus Aurelius – I’m getting motivation for some decent blogs. A couple points from Emperor Aurelius: “Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.”…

  • How to learn English

    Good morning folks, I’ve got an interesting topic for you today. A break from the harsh cruel reality of coping with death and suffering in the African bush. It’s all based on a 19-year-old kid, named Kapindah. As I biked in to my clinic a few days ago calling out greetings and being waylaid by…

  • Follow-up to a rough week:

    Well, here’s to moving forward, understanding your place in the world, and keeping faith. After an absolutely frustrating and heart wrenching week – complete with the delayed receipt of the death of the second twin yesterday – I’ve worked myself into a motivated fervor. At least I can burn through some of this helplessness. Here’s…