I wonder if anyone has ever read the Hippocratic Oath. Here is the text, just in case you haven’t. I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods, and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant: To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in Read More …
Like the ancients of long ago, following in the great tradition of many a fathers before me, I aided my daughter with a rite of passage that has been handed down to us from our ancestors–I took the training wheels off my 6 year old daughters bike. I pumped her tires, adjusted her seat, researched the best methods and tricks from the online gurus; all to help her achieve victory. She donned the necessary safety Read More …
About a month ago I ran into one of our local street preachers here in Valencia. Here’s the encounter: After having a lovely lunch with my children, I was coming out of a restaurant with my head down looking at them. As I came through the door I looked up and their I was face to face with a local street preacher (who will remain unnamed). Something happened when I looked him in the eye; Read More …