tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post8185794438204924102..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Going Home AgainJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-49965685158882238962009-07-17T05:19:18.292-07:002009-07-17T05:19:18.292-07:00Beautiful. Thank you.Beautiful. Thank you.Alesha R. Adamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313180437512631812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-17997599893159930412009-07-16T18:48:15.220-07:002009-07-16T18:48:15.220-07:00Truly inspiring submission, thank you for sharing....Truly inspiring submission, thank you for sharing. My Bay Area time was much shorter but wife is a native of Palo Alto. I remain awed by your simultaneous accomplishments.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />NickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908607460479512202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-82140770404403848992009-07-16T14:55:02.757-07:002009-07-16T14:55:02.757-07:00Erin - I rented from Jan Snyders, the beekeeper wi...Erin - I rented from Jan Snyders, the beekeeper with the address "White Picket Fence, Shelden Road."John Halamkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-47106124637266081032009-07-16T10:55:53.953-07:002009-07-16T10:55:53.953-07:00Great post! Brings back many memories as I too liv...Great post! Brings back many memories as I too lived on Shelden Road in La Honda, though about 15 years after you. Yes, it's one of those places where time stands still.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843238672541513200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-35150758672819879982009-07-16T08:45:37.687-07:002009-07-16T08:45:37.687-07:00John,
Nice post! I can relate to all of it. I spe...John,<br /><br />Nice post! I can relate to all of it. I spent my 20s in grad school in Biophysics at UC Berkeley. I worked on the heavy ion radiotherapy project "up the hill" at LBL with interesting people and wonderful views. Unfortunately, my department believed in term limits and I was eventually pushed out of the nest.<br /><br />After graduating, I joined the faculty at the University of Michigan (radiation oncology physics) and planned to return to the Bay Area after 4-5 years. That was 20 years ago! I still have lots of friends in the Bay Area and visit several times a year to hike, mountain bike and snowboard. I always leave with a good bottle of wine from a friends' nano-winery appropriately named Crawlspace Cellars.<br /><br />In 2001, I returned to do a sabbatical with a medical device company in Palo Alto. I lived two speed bumps down from the Oasis Beer Garden on Cambridge Ave in Menlo Park ... paying about <b>10 times</b> the rent as when I was in grad school!<br /><br />The Bay Area is an amazing place with lots of rich culture. In Berkeley for instance, you can always find <i> at least one </i> instance of anything that exists anywhere in the world! Simply amazing. The geographic diversity within a 1/2 day drive is also incredible. Think "The Lost Coast", Yosemite and The Channel Islands.<br /><br />Would I go back? (long pause) Not just yet!<br /><br />Ann Arbor and life in my 30s and 40s worked well together. My office is a 13 minute walk from my house and central campus another 5. I have put a mere 30k miles on my vehicle over the past decade. Being a college town there is a never ending stream of interesting events and activities. I love having 4 seasons, lots of locally grown foods and knowing the owner of the hardware store who can tell me <i>exactly</i> where the screw I need is ... among a choice of thousands!<br /><br />I too am fond of Japanese culture and getting there from Ann Arbor is a breeze; 1/2 hr to DTW, an afternoon flight to NRT gets me there about the same time of day I left and about an hour express train ride into Tokyo. I hope to spend more time there in my 50s and 60s and look forward to future posts about your experience and adventures there.<br /><br />I think I speak for a lot of folks when I say thanks for the <b>daily</b> wonderful, diverse and informative posts. Keep 'em coming!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />MarcMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277828879138197426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-85844016699317965542009-07-16T08:37:08.139-07:002009-07-16T08:37:08.139-07:00Excellent writing today! I began reading your blo...Excellent writing today! I began reading your blog for HIT Standards information and truly enjoy the days you share more personal comments like travel, wine and gardening - all very nice. Thanks for making me smile today.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903887295304098193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-25041025220085711922009-07-16T07:41:36.905-07:002009-07-16T07:41:36.905-07:00Thank you for sharing these personal details of yo...Thank you for sharing these personal details of your life. You have inspired me today!Ahierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398190978662246852noreply@blogger.com