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A Jewish Friend in Kenya
Last week, I was sent on a very brief trip to Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with a variety of health professionals to discuss reviewing, revising, and updating the HIV-specific curriculum for educating health care providers at all levels of health-care facilities throughout Kenya. As it happened, just a couple of weeks before, I had been…
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I found the missing photo!!
In my previous post, Musings…, I mentioned that I took a photo from this odd structure that we came upon in our wanderings in a less-than-picturesque part of Lisbon, and I thought I had trashed the photo – the magic of the Mac, and iPhoto – i just discovered it in a folder called “Recovered…
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Where were you born?
The original premise of this blog was to get myself and my readers thinking outside boundaries, both geographical and cultural. In addition, just a couple of weeks ago, my daughter took advantage of the fact that I have British citizenship, and she was sworn in as a subject of the United Kingdom. Her action prompted…
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Musings (everyone seems to muse these days) on a week in Portugal, as I fly home…
My first real trip abroad (ie outside the US), as an independent person was when I went to London, England when I was 16 years old, and spent 3-4 months with my aunt, and her assorted household, in a wonderful, funky old house on Parliament Hill, on the edge of the wondrous Hampstead Heath. On…
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Catching up on Comparative Religious Education…
I’ve been concurrently reading the following three books (links will take you to Amazon): Karen Armstrong’s History of God Richard Dawkin’s The God Delusion Robert Wright’s The Evolution of God and it’s been interesting to read them in conjunction – the first and the last are very complementary, especially since Wright cites Armstrong frequently. Of…
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Another fascinating SOF podcast series
Those who know me, know that I spend a good deal of time on the road commuting, and I have grown very fond of several podcasts (mostly from NPR), one of which is Speaking of Faith (SOF). Today, I listened to three short pieces from very different individuals, relating their personal experience of Ramadan. I…
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Power Outage in Zambia
My last night in Zambia, on this two week trip, and the power is out for the second time this week, for more than a couple of minutes. Usually the generator kicks in, but tonight it sputtered and failed – did someone forget to fill it with fuel? So, I’ve got candles lit, and my…
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Long time, no posts!
I have been writing blog entries in my head for the past week, and, so far, nothing actually typed!! I’ve been a bit overwhelmed with the interactivity of Facebook, discovering old friends, and learning more about current friends – very odd!! Also, work has been busy… But, I do want to upload a lot more…
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Trip to Chicago
We landed in Chicago this morning, and we’ve been walking all day – what lovely weather, especially after just leaving the already sweltering DC clime.One thing I’ve learned so far – nothing beats visiting your spouse’s childhood home to clarify some of the “issues” that have mystified you for years!! No, I won’t share what…
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thinking about culture differences
i attended a talk yesterday about the “Ethics of Bedside Rationing” – mostly focused on the question of who gets scarce medical resources like kidney and liver transplants… a colleague (someone not born in the U.S.) asked a question about whether it would matter in the choice betwee two identically-situated transplant candidates (same prognosis before…
