U.S. Healthcare Isn’t the NHS. But Neither System is Perfect.

Watching my friends make their own trip from Bristol, UK to just a few hundred miles further north on our side of the U.S., I’ve been reminded how quickly we humans adjust to things. We’ve only been in Portland since the end of August, just three and a bit months ahead of our friends, but…

Safe Travels Dear Friends. We’ll See You On This Side

So today — or rather yesterday if you’re reading this from the UK — my dear friend Pyoor and her wife Kathryn started the second (or perhaps it’s third) stage of moving home. They’re following in our footsteps. With visas acquired for Pyoor (her wife happens to be American too) and their house sold, they have spend the…