Being human
and life's little mysteries

This is…. My new best friend. It’s my second visit to A+E in less than a week. Based on this, and a handful of other recent visits to...

Today I’m feeling grateful to have an intelligent body. A body that remembers. A body that carries my unique imprint of experiences; a...

It’s been said that the health of the spine reveals the health of a whole system. Afterall, the spine is a superhighway to the life force...

As 2021 approaches, we have yet another moment of looking through a portal – a point between A and B that feels, sometimes, like no man’s...

Morning view from kitchen. As The leaves have fallen off this statuesque beech tree, so too I’ve been going through my own state of...

…but the real winning is in having the courage to get wet. Bhagavan Das once told me ‘Life is messy, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up...

Richard Pilnick Where do we go when we disappear? What risks would you take if you weren’t so attached to your name, face, physicality,...

Back in the days when photography development was manual, the exposure process was a mixture of excitement, patience and instinct. Timing...

During the course of August month took time to recover from spinal surgery, resting near a pond that is connected to a river which opens...

A memory of my five year old self exists, sitting in my mother’s giant eggshell yellow Pontiac station wagon on the way home one day from...

It has always fascinated me, the reasons people undergo elective surgery. It is a testament to how much weight we place on our...

If you consider yourself a Survivor, you may be feeling an inner strength that is unique. You may have ongoing fear of whatever it is you...

It’s hard to believe it has been eight months since my life changing operation; on September 26, 2013 I was given a second chance at life...

Over the past few days of being in the hospital, my mind and emotions have stabilized as I acclimate to the lowered doses of pain...

Five weeks. Five weeks! I never planned on a stay in the hospital this long. This wasn’t how my transplant recovery was supposed to go....

PYS III.24 Maitri Adishu Balani Through friendliness, kindness and compassion, strength and success will come . When we let go...

Today is my one month liver transplant anniversary. It is also the first time in a month that I have stepped outside of the hospital for...

“Fear comes, but fear passes.” ― Marianne Williamson As humans, many people seem to dwell on the anxieties of the unknown; thriving...

You can’t always get what you want but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need. The Rolling Stones Often in life...

The first time I ever heard of the term Pain Management was February 2013, when I was lucky enough to meet my current Hepatologist. I had...