Traces the author's post-retirement work as a surgeon and teacher in such remote areas as Nepal and Ukraine, illuminating the challenges of working in difficult regions and finding purposeful work after a career.

The lock-keeper's cottage -- London -- Nepal -- America -- Awake craniotomy -- the mind-brain problem -- An elephant ride -- Lawyers -- Making things -- Broken windows -- Memory -- Ukraine -- Sorry -- The red squirrel -- Neither the sun nor death.