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Soul Of The Healer

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Covid Tale

The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence…
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Cook’s Meadow Early Morning Yosemite National Park

The Yosemite Valley is perpetually beautiful and majestic, but…
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Today, I Feel My Age. Or, Small triumph: I made it home!

Today, I feel my age. I willed myselfout the…
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The Professor of Medicine Demonstrates …

The Professor of Medicine Demonstrates Conversing With A Patient, Displaying…
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At Life’s End

A path so long, so many trails found Continents,…
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OPENING THE BLINDS

"Wow - hello Spring! Where have I been!?"
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Dovecotes Dwarfing Human

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I see a yellow house

How long does it take a clinician to decide…
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Sunset at Yellowstone National Park

This is the Great Fountain Geyser at the Lower…
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The Last Day — A Short Story

It was to be his last day; his image…
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Downtown Denver

Downtown Denver from an iconic overlook at sunrise.
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Rift Relationship

The valley widens; the rift deepens. The river, tears…
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Healing Heart on a Dirt Road

In my 4th year of medical school, I trained…
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DIAGNOSTIC WAVE

… a powerful wave is like a diagnosis overwhelming a…
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Diverticulitis

8/9/2017 -- It was a hard year with illness in my…
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Hope—Redwood National Forest, California

The Giants of the Redwood forest
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RESILIENCE

The subject reminded me of the resilience I see…
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Crash Cesarean: Poetry in Motion

There are certain items on the medical school bucket…
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Perspective

I have fun at school. I have a lot of…
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A Child’s Memoir: Authority

I equate authority and punishment. While I am aware…
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Danseur Dreams

i. Prelude Delicate gloved fingers separate herniated disc from my spinal…
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Raindrops

A closeness like the stillness in the forest in the rain when…
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Fall in South Lake

Photo taken in October 2017, with a Canon Eos…
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Ghosts of the Northern Plains: Abandoned Farmhouse

An abandoned farm house in the upper Midwest. This…
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A Beacon Beckons

On a volcanic promontory surrounded by an azure sea stands a…
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The Passing

For nine months that cord fed you, cleaned you,…
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What Happens After Pediatrics?

I walked into the exam room as with any…
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Walking in His Shoes

The first time I gazed upon Mr M, an…
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Mount Ansel Adams and Lyell Ford of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park

The camera was a rather small Nikon COOLPIX because…
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Long Walk to a Solution

A woman walked with her dog in a tulip…
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White Sage Bush

Standing by an old white sage bush With my eyes…
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The First Year of Grief

Silk organza, waxed linen thread, tea, beeswax Dimensions: Variable;…
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Terrace Rice Field

I took this photo at Yuan Yang, China. The main…
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A Century

100 years old. What was life like a century…
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Ghosts of the Northern Plains: Outbuildings

Abandoned farm buildings dot the landscape of the upper…
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Ragweed

living and dying simultaneously her hand wrinkled and weathered…
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Chest Pain

It is said that people can experience pain in…
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Christmas 1997

He complained that nothing was turning out right from…
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FDR Drive / Homage to the Photon

Built in segments over a period of years commencing…
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Delirium cor de Baltimore

My heart once became quite delirious And developed a…
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Heritage Irises at Filoli Gardens

… watercolor painting honors the mystical in life as it…
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Moonrise, Mount Ansel Adams and Lyell Ford of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park

I took this photograph at Ansel Adams’s favorite campsite, 20…
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Dad

Who is he now? A brilliant scientist A handsome kind man,…
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Sundown

When I was only as tall as your knees,…
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Getting Over Green

“Getting Over Green” is a story I created during…
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Domus

A wavering light danceson lavender shrubs outside of the…
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Seeker of Truth

We often devise experiments to discover patterns of human…
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Pistils and Stamens with Shades of Lavender

I took this macro digital rose photograph a half…
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Taos Mountain Over High Grass Meadow

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Suspicion

“Madison?” I asked the girl sitting on the exam…
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The Bells of San Juan Capistrano Mission

I shot this photograph with a Nikon D200 at…
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Code-Switch—choosing your communication style based on the people you’re dealing with

Elevator doors close, a swift swishing sound leaving us…
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Chrysler Building Reflection

If you are into the International Style (IS) of…
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South Platte River

This was shot with an Olympus OM-D, 35mm, 2.5…
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The Hanging Gardens of Suburbia

He wheels the human-sized catapult from the darkness of…
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Sunset in Taos: Simple, Serene, Stunning

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Someone Cares

To know someone Cares That there is at Least…
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Lost in Beauty

In an early summer evening, the captivating colors of…
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A Red Flag Condition

It happened again, just last week. I was sitting…
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A DAY IN THE SUMMER OF ‘53

The motor, clacking and swaying Plunges into the dark…
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Hoodoos at Sunset

Utah has plenty of natural beauty especially in its…
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Room with a Sutton Place view

“Sutton Place” is the name of a short north-south…
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Moreno Spikes

Taken with an Olympus digital SLR with a 25-150…
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First Break

Embarking on a career in academic and clinical psychiatry…
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Textures and Tones of Taos

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AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS

"After the Diagnosis," uses the a turbulent sea as…
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Peppermint and Sh**

It’s 8 o’clock at night, and my notes still…
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Upright-Walkers Rising

We four boys was all half-brothers and Mama got none…
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Fall at Lake Sabrina

Although California is not typically known for its fall…
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The Night Doctor

Author’s note: The following is an excerpt from a…
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Reflection

A poem which through images describes a poignant moment…
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Aviator’s Astragalus

In days of yore As aviator Could shatter his…
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I Can’t Forget

I can’t forget the sound of dying, and I…
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Moonlight Beach

NW Pacific Ocean has a unique beauty. Exotic shaped…
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Indigo

Shades of indigo on black overlapping in squares…
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Lake Kokonor Sunrise — reflections on being and emptiness — Amdo journal, August, 2015

It is long after midnight. I try to sleep…
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The Eyes

Jana had been working here for a long time…
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In the Woods

The photos of trees and the wild daisy flowers…
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Fruits of My Gardening

Images were taken with Canon EOS 60D on tripod…
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Elegy to Taos Quartz

Sometimes I still wonder where her tumor went, its…
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