Arms, Shoulders, Feet
/“We’re med students, Matty. We get every disease we study. I thought I had porphyria last week, only because I’d eaten beetroot.”
Read More
“We’re med students, Matty. We get every disease we study. I thought I had porphyria last week, only because I’d eaten beetroot.”
Read More
“I got 11. What’s it out of?” asked Yvonne. “Twenty?”
“Naah, it’s a percent, I think,” said Mandy sadly.
“Percent? You’re kidding! Jeez, that’s what you get for writing your name on the paper!” said Yvonne, disgusted.
Her Aboriginal face wore an intelligent expression. Another young Aboriginal woman looked at me over the shoulder of the first. My mouth was open.
“What are you two doing here?” I asked.
“We live here. We’re studying medicine.”
“What? You can do that?”
The women smiled.
Slot Canyon photograph in banner by Sebastian Boguszewicz
Creative Writing by Dr. Janelle Trees
I'm a doctor of Aboriginal descent living and travelling with my photographer wife, Claudia. I see myself as a bridge between 'races' and cultures, gay and straight, the child and the crone, arts and sciences. I am inspired by Nature, including humans in all our splendid individuality.
Sign up to get the latest posts from this blog delivered right to your email inbox.