Saturday, June 30, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Beauty of Iceland
The unique beauty of Iceland can be captured with your iPhone, even under bright sunlight...
Iceland
June 2-9, 2018
Iceland
June 2-9, 2018
Thursday, June 21, 2018
A Note to Readers by Charles Krauthammer
June 20, 2018
WASHINGTON – Charles Krauthammer, a man who has beaten unbelievable odds and overcome obstacles that would defeat most mortals, has finally encountered one foe over which he says he can't claim victory.
In a note to readers Friday, he announced that he has only a few weeks to live following a battle with cancer.
The nobility with which Charles has conducted his life was as-ever apparent in his brief note. With his customary writer's concision and his physician's precision, he explained his circumstances without sentimentality. A tumor had been removed from his abdomen early on, he reported, and though his prospects for recovery had seemed good for a while, the cancer returned and is moving rapidly.
Most people don't get to say goodbye and almost none as eloquently. He thanked all who have helped him along the way, including colleagues as well as his readers and television viewers, "who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life's work."
In the final two paragraphs, Charles summed up his life and principles: "I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation's destiny.
"I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life – full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended."
Anyone reading those words must be thinking the same: I hope I can say that someday. Of course, someday is any day, as Charles learned at 22 when a diving accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. Undeterred, he completed medical school and became a psychiatrist. Charles later recounted that professors came to his room and projected his lessons on the ceiling over the bed where he lay…
However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.
I wish to thank my doctors and caregivers, whose efforts have been magnificent. My dear friends, who have given me a lifetime of memories and whose support has sustained me through these difficult months. And all of my partners at The Washington Post, Fox News, and Crown Publishing.
Lastly, I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers, who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life’s work. I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny.
I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended.
WASHINGTON – Charles Krauthammer, a man who has beaten unbelievable odds and overcome obstacles that would defeat most mortals, has finally encountered one foe over which he says he can't claim victory.
In a note to readers Friday, he announced that he has only a few weeks to live following a battle with cancer.
The nobility with which Charles has conducted his life was as-ever apparent in his brief note. With his customary writer's concision and his physician's precision, he explained his circumstances without sentimentality. A tumor had been removed from his abdomen early on, he reported, and though his prospects for recovery had seemed good for a while, the cancer returned and is moving rapidly.
Most people don't get to say goodbye and almost none as eloquently. He thanked all who have helped him along the way, including colleagues as well as his readers and television viewers, "who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life's work."
In the final two paragraphs, Charles summed up his life and principles: "I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation's destiny.
"I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life – full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended."
Anyone reading those words must be thinking the same: I hope I can say that someday. Of course, someday is any day, as Charles learned at 22 when a diving accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. Undeterred, he completed medical school and became a psychiatrist. Charles later recounted that professors came to his room and projected his lessons on the ceiling over the bed where he lay…
A Note to Readers
I
have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months. I had
thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I
must tell you now that fate has decided
on a different course for me.
In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen. That operation was thought to have been a success, but it caused a cascade of secondary complications — which I have been fighting in hospital ever since. It was a long and hard fight with many setbacks, but I was steadily, if slowly, overcoming each obstacle along the way and gradually making my way back to health.
In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen. That operation was thought to have been a success, but it caused a cascade of secondary complications — which I have been fighting in hospital ever since. It was a long and hard fight with many setbacks, but I was steadily, if slowly, overcoming each obstacle along the way and gradually making my way back to health.
However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.
I wish to thank my doctors and caregivers, whose efforts have been magnificent. My dear friends, who have given me a lifetime of memories and whose support has sustained me through these difficult months. And all of my partners at The Washington Post, Fox News, and Crown Publishing.
Lastly, I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers, who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life’s work. I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny.
I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Nature and Human
For once, travel is not about me or my photography. Iceland is one of those places on earth that makes you realize how small and insignificant humans are... Hope my photos below adequately reflect that.
Trip with Dr. Michelle in Iceland.
Iceland
June 2-9, 2018
Trip with Dr. Michelle in Iceland.
Iceland
June 2-9, 2018
Sunday, June 10, 2018
The Prelude
For a long time, I have always wanted to spend 2-3 months in Iceland to
thoroughly experience this magic piece of land - the snowy winter, the
frozen waterfalls, the massive glacier, the northern lights, and
ideally, the volcano eruptions...
Well, I just spent a week here, and maybe it can be considered as the prelude to the future.
Only took a few postcard photos. My job on this trip was to take photos for Dr. Michelle -:)
Iceland
June 2-9, 2018
Well, I just spent a week here, and maybe it can be considered as the prelude to the future.
Only took a few postcard photos. My job on this trip was to take photos for Dr. Michelle -:)
Iceland
June 2-9, 2018
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