It’s Immunization Day
A young man sits down at my Covid-19 immunization station at Maine Medical Center and stares resolutely ahead, focusing on the far wall. He looks nervous. I make sure the needle and syringe are outside […]
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The Last Voyage of the La Vie en Rose
Stretched out on my side amidst tangled clumps of bittersweet and knotweed, my face nearly kissing the listing hull of the abandoned sailboat, I tugged on an exposed timber half-buried in the sand. My head […]
From the Mainland to Peaks Island: Broken-down Cars I have Known.
I am no stranger to misbehaving cars. When I was twenty years old and carless, I hitch-hiked from Maine to Florida to visit my older brother Steve. Most folks who pick up hitch-hikers are friendly: […]
Winter Camping on Peaks Island: Can Rocks Explode? You Betcha.
It was January 1986 and I had a rare weekend off from my island medical practice on Peaks Island, 2 miles off the coast of Portland, Maine. Childhood friends: Tux, Rudy, Bruce, George, and Rob […]
Dr. Chuck Radis: Keynote address to medical school graduates on empathy in medicine
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine 5/16/2020 “Dean Carreiro, members of the faculty, board of directors, and graduating class of 2020, thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk with you today. […]
Hiking The Paria River Canyon
Copyright © 2020 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved My wife Sandi and I lie on ground pads in a dense thicket of Coyote Willow and Rabbitbrush, a few steps from the Paria River. Resting […]
Bicycling Baja — Chasing My Father’s Memory
The road to El Rosario tilts steadily towards the sea. On the outskirts of town we pedal past an adobe tin-roofed shack along a dry stream bed. It’s bone-cracking hot. A dog is stretched out […]
How to Get Buried on Peaks Island
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved The pipes froze in our upstairs bathroom on Peaks Island. Again. There’s something close to romantic about defrosting pipes with your spouse. Sandi, a part-time plumber, […]
Bill “Spaceman” Lee and My Brother Steve
In the fall of 2003, the Boston Red Sox faced the New York Yankees in the third game of the American League Championship series. It was the bottom of the sixth, and Nomar Garciaparra, Boston’s […]
Hijinks on the Appalachian Trail; What’s a Little Rain Among Friends?
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved Rain pelted the tin roof of our log shelter in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Roy stuck his head out of his sleeping bag, lit a […]