Modesty has prevented me from previously blogging or bragging about my fishing talents. Truth to say that they have been somewhat hidden, but class has a way of finding its way to prominence. I am proud to announce that my team – the MagniFISHant seven– was on the podium yesterday when the prizes were awarded… Continue Reading
An electric car like my Dad’s? Only 75 years later
I have been hankering after an electric car for some time. I got one of the early Prius hybrids in 2003 and enjoyed it until passing on to my grandson. It is still running to this day. After looking into electric cars a few years ago, I gave up for several reasons. No room in… Continue Reading
Fred getting nice publicity and a 5 STAR review from Readers Favorite
We were featured in the Xmas edition of the Mount Pleasant magazine Fred MP1 Fred MP2 And liked the review Reviewed by Michelle Stanley for Readers’ Favorite December 2016 https://readersfavorite.com Five STARS When Fred the Snake Goes to School is a children’s animal story by Peter B. Cotton. Fred the Snake was given to James by Jungle… Continue Reading
Our EPISOD research project finishes after 9 years.
This one is medical, but I will try to make it intelligible. EPISOD stands for “Evaluating Predictors and Interventions in Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction”. That pesky sphincter described by Mr Oddi is the valve that controls the flow of juices from the liver and pancreas into the small intestine (duodenum). If it overacts it… Continue Reading
How come the children are all turning 50?
Jodi got there first, with her first grandchild And then Andy did it, with a lovely family party and a little Irish golf And now Nicky and Tripp. Nicky had a smart dinner at a famous restaurant near their home in Bucks, UK (near Oxford). Looks like fun … Continue Reading
Special visitors, Dorcas Chapman and brother John
Dorcas and my older brother John came to visit. Dorcas and I go back to the late 1960s when she typed our early endoscopy reports at St Thomas’s Hospital in London. Happily she agreed to be my main admin support when I joined the medical staff of The Middlesex Hospital in 1973, and also supervised… Continue Reading
A sad happy week in England
My former wife, Patricia, died peacefully at our son Andy’s home in Bury St Edmunds, on October 15th. Her lungs gave up. Paddy and I met and were married when I was still a student, in 1960, and built a family together for 25 years. Sadly, our relationship did not survive my career move to… Continue Reading
Celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary
The last 2 weeks have been eventful! We spent 2 nights at the wonderful Swag Country Inn in the North Carolina mountains. The purpose was to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary (September 28th), which we did in style, helped by 7 other special Deweesian couples. The Swag (www.theswag.com) is an amazing place, hosted for ever by… Continue Reading
Great family photos; summer on Dewees Island
Thank you Alli Elmunzer for your expertise
Down memory lane into the 1950s. Reconnecting with John Willson and John Bulmer.
Over the last few weeks I have rediscovered and written about my first endoscopy assistants (Sue Wallace and Judy Caddy) at St Thomas’s in London in the late 1960s, and visited and honored my best old friend (Dick McCray) from 1971. And the fun continues, even further back into the 1950s…. Last weekend I… Continue Reading