Family

A great gathering of family and friends in Goldsboro, NC, to celebrate Jodi Bowden’s 50th birthday. The young (and older) ones had a good time!

Fun on the beach. The Fletcher/Bowden family again gained best in show (actually in a tie with the Savages) with a great depiction (and rendition) of “itsy bitsy spider”, which did indeed get washed away, by the incoming tide

Celebrating with a decorated cart parade and welcome ice cream

Galapagos had been on our “bucket list” for some years, and it seemed a good place to celebrate Marion’s big birthday. We asked some of our best friends to join the party and eventually travelled with Bubber and Jan McAlhany (Dewees neighbors), Rob and Kyra Morris (local friends), Geoff and Diney Gibson (Adelaide Australia), Linda

We had not been in Vietnam before, but took the opportunity on our way to a medical meeting in China, because it has been recommended by many of our friends. We had only a few days, mainly in the largest city, Hanoi, so our impressions are selective and superficial, but certainly positive. The country is

You may be surprised to know that I have grandchildren in eastern countries like China, indeed some great and great great and maybe great great great grandchildren! I am referring to my students, where generations progress every 10-15 years. So, in China, I have been meeting young doctors who have been trained by someone who

Every year many thousand gastroenterologists like me gather for a scientific meeting called Digestive Disease week (actually 4 days). Last month it was in San Diego. Inevitably we bump into people from all over the world that we haven’t seen for years, which is always fun. But this year I was struck by how many

We love living on a nature reserve (www.deweesisland.com) but commuting can be tricky

What do these look like?  Can you see a gator, old donkey and a rhino on our beach? Love from Gdow

We enjoyed hosting Marion and Linda Wier from Augusta for the weekend. Dewees was blooming, and even the gators were sunbathing.         More unusual and very exciting, we have bald eagles nesting near the impoundment.     Our regular golf match with the Wiers was close, despite Linda scoring a (net) double