May 15, 2025
Jamaica, Many Years Later and Saudade por Tudo
A memory of Jamaica, saudade, and the emotional afterlife of places where one once lived.
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
May 15, 2025
A Wonderful Day in Silver Sands, Jamaica
A warm field note from Silver Sands, Jamaica, on friendship, hospitality, and the grace of ordinary days.
May 15, 2025
Jamaica, Many Years Later
A return to Jamaica through memory, language, friendship, and the lingering feeling of a place once lived.
Jun 15, 2023
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM THIS STRIKING SILENCE OF THE HOUSE. CUBA IRAN ISRAEL INDIA CAYMAN ISLANDS JAMAICA MOROCCO FRANCE BELGIUM ARGENTINA MEXICO
TONIGHT as the time to light the shabbat candles, i was overcome by strong emotions. My UmonHon brother Charlie, of the Buffalo Clan, left us on his final journey to…
Mar 15, 2022
KINGSTON, JAMAICA AND MADRAS INDIA ..WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? THE HENRIQUES FAMILY
I have visited the teeming city of Madras (now called Chennai) on many occasions and had the pleasure of living in Kingston, Jamaica for a short while. While searching for…
Mar 15, 2020
THE HUMANITARIAN CUBAN MEDICAL HELP TO JAMAICA 140 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARRIVE DURING THE CORONA CRISIS
One of the actions of the Cuban Government that brings me pride is the International Medical Missions. A total of 59 countries benefit from this programme and I have personally…
Jun 15, 2019
REMEMBERING THE MOST HON.EDWARD PHILLIP GEORGE SEAGA, FORMER PRIMER MINISTER OF JAMAICA
When a statesman of the calibre of Mr Seaga passes away, each of the thousands of people who had come in contact with him throughout his illustrious, long political career,…
May 15, 2019
KADDISH FOR EDDIE IN RANGOON . RT HON EDWARD SEAGA OF JAMAICA
It was Friday and I had a superlative day visiting special places in Rangoon in Burma (Yangon in Myanmar). The dusk was falling as I reached back at the hotel…
Mar 15, 2018
JOAN WILLIAMS A WELL KNOWN JAMAICAN PERSONALITY REFLECTS ON RELAY FOR LIFE: A CANCER AWARENESS RAISING EVENT IN WHICH MY SISTER JACKIE AND HER HUSBAND JOSPEH ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED
Cancer is no longer a death sentence Dr. Grace Wang (L) poses with six-time survivor Jackie On Saturday 10th March, I got a great opportunity to see close up the…
Oct 15, 2012
COINCIDENCES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM: LAWRENCE ROWE OF JAMAICA
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE COINCIDENCE DOES NOT EXIST YOU MAY MEET LAWRENCE ROWE ON THE ROAD A friend of mine was going down to Barbados…
Dec 15, 2009
Jamaican American Cuban Hospitality.. in Miami
The flight from CDG to MIA is a little tedious, 9 hours and 30 minutes.. the first few hours goes by quickly and then a couple of hours go slowly..…
Feb 15, 2026
A Wonderful Diverse World in Miami
A Miami evening of friendship, language, and human warmth beyond ordinary categories of nationality or identity.
Jan 15, 2026
Travels in 2025, Hopes for More Travels in 2026
A year-end travel reflection on movement, memory, and the places that shaped the year.
Jul 15, 2025
My Way of Travel
A personal reflection on travel as a life priority, offered as one person’s path rather than advice for everyone.
Feb 15, 2025
Un Camino Simple Hacia la Felicidad
Una reflexión médico-antropológica sobre el yo, la sociedad, los falsos profetas y la búsqueda de un camino sencillo hacia la felicidad.
Jan 15, 2025
Un Camino Simple Hacia la Felicidad
Una reflexión médico-antropológica sobre el yo, la sociedad, los falsos profetas y la búsqueda de un camino sencillo hacia la felicidad.
Jan 15, 2025
A Simple Path to Happiness
A medical-anthropological reflection on self, society, false prophets, and the search for a simple path to happiness.
Apr 15, 2024
FLOWERS IN BLOOM AT THE FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS IN MIAMI FLORIDA IN MARCH APRIL 2024
Some flowers in bloom now at the Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida Poinsettia is a commercially important flowering plant (euphorbia) indigenous to Mexico and Central America Brazil Raintree, native…