Author: Dan

Tattoo release week

It’s hard for me to believe it, but Tattoo will be released this Thursday, May 6, both in the US and UK. This journey began over two years ago when I published an opinion paper in JAMA...

Sea foam

I love to walk.  Every day my dog Jack and I work on our 10,000 steps either on the neighborhood streets or the nearby trails of Forest Park when we are home in Portland or...

Lost in the fog of Alzheimer’s

Getting literally lost in the fog is a terrifying experience.  It happened to me about thirty years ago while sailing in the San Juan Islands, an archipelago that lies between Vancouver Island in British Columbia...

The elusive green flash

The green flash is a very small green light that appears to be emanating from the top of the sun just as it sinks below an absolutely clear horizon. It lasts only a second...

Face blindness during a pandemic

Recently while out walking my dog Jack, I encountered a blond woman pushing a toddler in a stroller while walking her dog.  I stopped to chat asking her how old her son was now and...