Lifetimes away
October 15, 2018I recently had the opportunity to meet one of my early surgical mentors. He guessed that we had worked […]
Returning
September 10, 2018Absence is the enemy of love – Traditional proverb It seems I just turn around, and my previous life has […]
Third culture
November 20, 2016There’s no doubt that living in a foreign culture has been an amazing experience for my children, but it comes […]
Three lives
November 5, 2016Grandmother wise In Nepal it is getting colder. Winter here is sunny in the day, warm enough in the sun […]
Good people and Death Eaters
November 3, 2016The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We all have got both light and dark inside us. […]
On the road
October 26, 2016Whenever I travel by car, I find myself smiling. The nepali road trip is speed-limited by poor roads, and road […]
I want to write
October 23, 2016Since I last wrote, we have been on holiday and caught up with friends, the season has changed and the […]
Sunshine is coming
September 28, 2016One of the remarkable aspects of working in a charity-run hospital is the abundance of short term volunteers and visitors. […]
Laparoscopic surgery, Tansen style
September 8, 2016It is easy to become accustomed to low cost surgery. What seemed bizarre to begin with, seems pretty ordinary now. […]
Luke’s version of Nepal
August 29, 2016This is obviously Cris writing updates, so I tend to write from a medical perspective. I have asked Luke to […]