Henry Cowell Park, originally uploaded by stephenpasquini. I read this quote today: “Life is what happens while we’re busy making other plans”. It was in this essay I was reading about patience. So today, Wendy and I decided to take Layla and ourselves to Henry Cowell state park. Which is only about 15 minutes from our house down highway 9 in Santa Cruz. We had never been … [Read more...] about Kissing Slugs

The more I learn about economic theory the more I realize how we can extrapolate this to make rational decisions regarding daily life. Of course this is the core of behavioral economics, which I think is just fascinating. I have been trying to figure out a way to apply some of these theories in my practice of medicine. Especially since the majority of health concerns are … [Read more...] about The Economics of Health

sunday morning: ZED 360.365, originally uploaded by mistybliss. Nothing in life beats this feeling! … [Read more...] about sunday morning:

I just finished watching the movie Food.Inc, which after completion, I have to say is the best documentary I have seen yet this year (which is coming to it's end soon). I had read 2 books that drastically changed the way I looked at food, and the world around me. The first was Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Vegetable Miracle" and the Second was Michael Pollan's "In … [Read more...] about Food.INC + the Pasquini Equation

I was taking a walk a couple days ago along Old Highway road.  All the cattle stopped to stare at me.   I yelled at them in order to get a few more to look my way.  A few more did, looking at me like I was crazy.  They continued to stand there like cows , didn’t move,  just stared.  It wasn’t until I was on my way back and saw the beautiful … [Read more...] about Cows