Getting There

My thesis is due May 1st so I’ve been pretty busy getting it ready. Change this, polish that, say something about those and so on and so on. That’s how it goes these days. And, I’ve been working on two other projects in different labs so there’s barely time to blog. For the most part you have to feed stem cells every day.

Once in a while I escape to the roof of our building just to think. It’s great up here – like hiking up on the ridges in the Columbia Gorge. The sounds are distant, the sights are distant, the world is distant. It’s like looking at my future – a distant future. Will I die tomorrow? Will I live another year? Another five years? If I make it to 80 years old – will I still be able to do science and medicine? What if I live to be 100 years old? Will I remember what love was?

- Just a peasant

Photo from the roof of my department (click to enlarge) - Spring is not quite here yet.

You see what I mean?

Like I said – everyday is a new day. 毎日は新しい日があります。

For her, life started only 5 days ago and I'm sure she was a bit confused, a little scared, and a little cold. But now, when she’s tired, she just finds a warm spot in the sun to lie down and then falls asleep.

I wonder what baby horses dream about.

- Just a peasant

Photo of a new filly from our university’s stable. Incidentally, in English, a young female horse is called a filly.