Trials and tribulations of a traveling veterinarian
It is Saturday , the 9th of April and with a glass of red wine I am settling on the sofa in my living room in Surrey, pretty drained but also happy and satisfied with an exciting day. With the help of many friends and of some incredible characters we managed within 5 weeks to …
Continue reading “The Power of Friends …..(and well, of the Internet….”
When entering Ripon Veterinary Hospital in California’s Central Valley, one is immediately struck by the hustle and bustle of a well oiled, all female veterinary machine with Dr.Debra Daniel’s – the principle – with over 40 years of clinical experience, calm and confidently in the center of the storm….. Today the focus is on neutering …
Continue reading “Looking after pets in California’s Central Valley”
7 o’clock in the morning, the sun hasn’t even risen and while a fresh breeze from the Pacific Ozean is sweeping the low lying fog from the fields around me, I am cruising down Highway 1 from San Simeon towards Big Sur with 2 cylinders of Milwaukee steel hammering away like a steady heartbeat underneath …
As the snow was slowly receding even in Northern Sweden, I had to accept that even the best times in life will come to an end at some point and once again I found myself on the platform at the railway station in Sundsvall waiting for the train to Stockholm….. A couple of days later …
It is the 24th of February and I am waking up to the news that Russian troops have started to invade Ukraine. At the end of my second stay in Sundsvall I had taken a few days off to travel to Åre, the country’s most famous alpine skiing destination, to enjoy both downhill and cross …
Those of you who are following my FB or my Instagram posts might have noticed that I only very rarely or virtually never change my profile image. However, the time has come to do it now after I have thought over the last few days about a painting that will soon be over a hundred …
When waking up in the morning, it has become a habit for me to check two APPs on my phone: The first is the Weather APP, to find out how cold it will be today – as a general rule: the colder the better – because it not only preserves the snow with all the …
It is June 1888 and the city of Sundsvall is laying in ashes…….again…… To be precise this is now the fourth time since the Russian Army caused the first fire in 1721. This time an accident was to blame – a spark from a passing steam boat had set a local brewery alight and the …
It is 3:45 pm and the sun has been setting already an hour ago….what better thing to do now, than starting another nightshift in the North?…. A brief glimpse at the car park of the clinic while finishing an evening run had informed me already that it will be busy tonight…. Following a shower and …
Never work in a location you don’t like !……. Not often enough did I follow this maxim, but luckily I have always been wise enough to make a move before settling permanently for a poor compromise. There are just too many hours in the day when you are not working and you owe it to …
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