Photographing Aging in Okinawa
My father was an artillery sergeant in the bloody battle of Okinawa in WWII and I grew up listening to stories that sometimes gave me nightmares. Stashed away in my Jersey City home were his bayonet and pictures from his war album which I still have. As a geriatrician I learned that Okinawa has many old people, and in 2005 I went to Okinawa with …Read More
Art, Poetry, and Contemplation at the Howl
Last weekend I visited the Howl Festival at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. Named after the poem by Allen Ginsberg, this was a celebration of art, music, and dance. It was a beautiful day, and a nice opportunity to contemplate how New York City has evolved in the past two decades. When I moved from Jersey to the West Side of Manhattan in …Read More
Medical School Memories
In 1980 I was in the last year of medical school and getting ready to embark on my career as a doctor. The routine was to meet with an important faculty member in the Dean’s office, discuss the medical school experience, and talk about plans for the future. A summary would be placed in my permanent file, memorialized in a Dean’s Letter that would follow …Read More
