Confucius says “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Hello everyone, it’s a beautiful autumn day in Baltimore.
Today I attended a very interesting and eye-opening lunch lecture on policy and health disparities between racial groups in the U.S. Two very distinguished women legislators spoke about how creating effective policy can improve health status for underserved populations. They gave us some very concrete ideas about [...]
Crystal, Mom, Great-Grandma and Grandma
then you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.
That was in my fortune cookie yesterday.
Wow, it’s been a long time since my last post. Let’s see. Last week I tried Hot Vinyasa Yoga at the Midtown Yoga Center in Baltimore. It was a very sweaty and painful experience, but I think I’ll keep going back for [...]
Friday night I rode the Baltimore Metro for the first time. I was on my way to Camden Yards for the Orioles game in a big group of 15 or so people, most of whom I had just met, as well as some RPCVs from Gabon I hadn’t seen in years. So we chatted incessantly [...]
On Saturday I went for a jog in Carly’s leafy Baltimore neighborhood. Ahh, happy brain chemicals! Exercise is the poor man’s Prozac.
On Sunday, the anniversary of 9/11, I treated myself to a trip to The Maryland Zoo. It’s not the same as the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Not the same at all. For one [...]
If you want to help with the relief efforts in Louisiana, Michael Moore (of all people) has a refreshingly good idea how. Read his article here.
Thank you in advance.
It is amazing how much the last couple of weeks has changed my perspectives on things and made me realize how rich I am in friends and how much we depend on them in times of need. I feel overwhelmed with gratitude toward my fellow (wo)man. I am so thankful for the 76 e-mail messages [...]
Today was quite a day! I made my way to JHU and got a visitor’s badge. Then I spoke with an MPH advisor, Tara, and a really terrific professor named Dr. Marie Diener-West, who both helped me decide which courses to take. I then filled out forms for the nice people in the registrar’s office [...]
I arrived in beautiful Baltimore today around 2:00 PM EST. Would have gotten here sooner if it were not for the dying car battery issue I had this morning, which landed me at a Walmart near Richmond, VA. I looked pretty funny in the Walmart parking lot with my little flowered outfit and bright pink [...]
The drive across four states today was beautiful. I made it to Durham, North Carolina this evening at 8:30 PM EST and am staying with my friend Carol from the Peace Corps and her son Josiah, age 4.
I’ll leave after breakfast tomorrow and head for Baltimore, which is another 6 hours’ drive or so. [...]