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Travel Memoirs

A Coming-of-Age Ceremony in the San Blas Islands

An evening with a witch and some smugglers

7 min readMar 8, 2024

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Closeup of tropical island looking toward the ocean.

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Lunch with the Colonel

A light lunch on a freighter in the Caribbean

6 min readFeb 7, 2024

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A freighter anchored at sunset

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The Narrative Arc

The Journey to the Clinic

A love story of a different type

5 min readJan 29, 2024

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A hiking path high in the Peruvian Andes mountains

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The Penny Pub

A Career Choice

Look forward by looking back

4 min readJan 19, 2024

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A quiet lake with ripples where it was disturbed.

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The Job I Still Love

A career in medicine and science but a factory job remains the best

3 min readJan 13, 2024

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A picture of a factory with smoke coming out of its smoke stacks

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The Narrative Arc

A Death in the Jungle

No one noticed but someone cared

7 min readApr 27, 2024

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A path through the jungle.

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The Memoirist

Confrontation with a Wildfire

A Forest Fire, Value Judgments, and an Airplane Crash

8 min readMar 17, 2024

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Wildfire out of control in the mountains.

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Independent Living

How to play the end of the game

6 min readFeb 20, 2024

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Independent Living

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Weekends With Louise

Life lessons from a piano bar

6 min readFeb 14, 2024

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A closeup of a piano keyboard.

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WATER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE

Pollution of a Diminishing Required Resource

4 min readMar 14, 2021

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WATER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE

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Joe Marr

Joe Marr

Retired academic physician, biotech executive, and biotech investor. Now devotes time to extended family, volunteering, and creative writing.

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