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December 12, 2016July 13, 2025

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The Acacia Tree
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The Comfort of Explanation
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AUSTRALIA IS JUDGED BY ACTION, NOT OUTRAGE
WHO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN VIOLENCE STRIKES
AFTER BONDI – GRIEF WITHOUT HATRED
When Good Missions Narrow
The Steady Light at Sengerema 🇹🇿 Hospital
WHERE THE HUMAN SPIRIT BREAKS – AND WHY WE CANNOT STAY SILENT
The Long Road to the Last Chapter
PIERRE HENRI JAQUES – THE QUIET ARCHITECT OF ELIM
A Ceasefire That Still Lets Children Die
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🏥🙌💯🇿🇦TSHEMBA🇿🇦💯🙌🏥
Netanyahu’s government will be held accountable, eventually
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IT’S BETTER TO GIVE – NOT ONLY WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT WHO YOU ARE
When the World Forgets How to Feel
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THE ROAD BACK – A LIFE BETWEEN PLACES
The Duty of Witness in an Age of Secrecy
THE SILENCE BEFORE THE STORM – A CHARGE TO THE WORLD
RIPPLES OF HOPE – THE CALL BEYOND GAZA
GAZA WAS AND IS OUR WARNING!
After Gaza: Bearing Witness Standing With Those Who Remain.
Never Again for Anyone, Memory, Gaza, and the Collapse of Moral Distinctions
Redacted Justice: Epstein, Power, and the Machinery of Forgetting
Night and Fog in America: Deportation, Disappearance, and the Eminent Death of a Nation.
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What If It Were Israel Rather Than Gaza?
Between the Gathering Storm and the Fate Held Only in a Few Hands
Each One Has a Wilderness of Its Own
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Let Them Stay: Australia’s Unfulfilled Promise to Gaza’s Resilient Souls
Gaza: A Concentration Camp of Starvation
Trump’s Theatre of Retaliation: South Africa, Gaza, and the Cost of Moral Clarity
Guardians of Creation: The Obligations We Bear On Anzac Day, – In Retrospect
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A quiet reflection on my time at 🇿🇦 Tshemba.
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On Harvard, Truth, and Tyranny in the US
I WATCHED FROM AFAR – AND STILL I COULD NOT LOOK AWAY: AN EASTER MONDAY LETTER ON SUDAN
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE PROPHETS: A LETTER TO JEWISH CONSCIENCE ON THE EVE OF PASSOVER AND GOOD FRIDAY
WHEN DEMOCRACY VOTES FOR ITS OWN FUNERAL
HISTORY WILL JUDGE OUR SILENCE OVER GAZA – WON’T IT?
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How Long Will Trump Last as US President?
From Beacon of Freedom to Island of Profound Uncertainty: ….
How the US Went From Leading the Free World to “Leading “ the Unfree.
Last Revision on: The Power of Collective Action By Ordinary People
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Navigating The Accelerating Future: A Call For Collective Action (edited version)
Navigating the Accelerating Future: A Call for Collective Action
The Power of Grace, in both ordinary and extraordinary people.
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change: The Power of Collective Action
How to Change, Grow, and Find Meaning in the Midst of Life’s Chaos
The Future Is Ours to Shape
The Assassination of JFK: A Calculated Ambush and a Nation’s Shifting Fate
Rethinking Psychiatry: A Call for a Shift in Thinking about Mental Health Care
Why Psychiatry Needs a Revolution ( with a Sense of Humour 😂)
The Road Less Traveled (Mostly Because I Wasn’t Paying Attention 😂)
From Lincoln’s Melancholy to Obama’s Cool: How Leaders Handle Life’s Demons ( With a Dash of Humour)
The US: Democracy, Divisions, and the Age of Tweets – A 2025 Reflecting
From Camelot to Conspiracy: The Kennedy Legacy’s Unlikely Turn
International Women’s Day: Both a Day to Celebrate and to Reflect!
War or Stability? The Choice We Can’t Ignore
Advancing Mental Health Care for Neurodiverse Individuals: Rethinking Diagnosis and Treatment in Adelaide
How to Survive the Email Jungle: A Guide to Phishing Scams and Keeping Your Inbox Safe
The Next Level- Or Just Another And Perhaps More Gruesome Mistake. Still, We Have The People Power!
So, You Want to Be a Doctor in 32 Years? ( Brace Yourself)
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Rewind: The Reluctant Computerisation of General Practice
Lost in the System: When Psychiatry Becomes a Waiting Room with No Exit
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As Long As You Breathe, You Have a Choice!
The Increasing Forgotten in Australia and the Ramifications for the Future, Failing Change.
An RACGP and Public Policy Audit on Homelessness and Healthcare Equity.
When the World Has Given Up on You, Don’t Give Up on Yourself.
We Dream Things That Never Were—And Say: “Why Not?”
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Blog Title Line We dream of things that never were - and ask, “Why not?” Reflections on life, society, and the questions that shape our time. ⸻ Opening Reflection It was once observed by John F. Kennedy that, in the end, our most basic common link is simple: we all inhabit this small planet, we breathe the same air, we cherish the future of our children. If that is so, then the search for understanding - and for common ground - is not merely desirable, but necessary. ⸻ About Me Certain moments remain with us long after they have passed. This blog is a place for reflections on people, places, and ideas that shape the way we understand the world. I was born in the Netherlands and have spent much of my professional life working as a physician in different countries, including the United Kingdom, Scotland, Australia, and South Africa. Much of that work has taken place in rural or community settings, where medicine often brings one close to the realities of people’s lives and the wider circumstances in which those lives unfold. Over time I came to realise that experiences gathered along such a journey extend well beyond medicine itself. They open windows onto broader questions about society, culture, responsibility, and the ways in which individuals and communities respond to hardship, hope, and change. The reflections shared here arise from that wider landscape of experience. Some pieces draw on medical practice; others on travel, history, music, or observations of events in the world around us. At times they explore humanitarian concerns or the quiet resilience that so often emerges in difficult circumstances. This blog is not intended as autobiography. Rather, it is an attempt to reflect on moments and observations that illuminate something about the human condition. Many of the posts begin with a simple memory or encounter, but gradually open onto larger themes about dignity, responsibility, and the search for meaning in complex times. If there is a common thread, it is a curiosity about the world we share and the stories that unfold within it. These notes are offered simply as reflections - small attempts to understand that world a little better.

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