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.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
The Community of Endocrine Physicians and Psychologists is a small well knit cohesive and gentle one. Whenever I get a chance to be with them, mostly at conferences, I enjoy…
It was so nice to celebrate the arrival of Shabbat with my two brothers in Portland, Oregon. Two of the four children were present and another arrived later. I felt…
“To travel is to feel.” - Fernando Pessoa I went to Pinecrest today, though it no longer exists. Not in the way that towns exist-with a centre, a rhythm, a…
A comparative note on how different spiritual traditions warn against turning practice into ego.
A reflection on spiritual materialism, ego, and the danger of turning belief into justification.
A morning walk in Cochin becomes a field note on sea air, faith, health, and everyday public life.
A reflection on Fort Cochin, interdenominational life, and the quiet coexistence of many faiths.
A reflection on purpose, Indigenous health, and the kind of work that protects against burnout.
A memory of Jamaica, saudade, and the emotional afterlife of places where one once lived.
A tribute to Pak Joe of Bogor, friendship, workplace health, and the dignity of humble leadership.
A field note on Indigenous care, monthly clinical gatherings, and the difference between service and healing.
A physician-anthropologist’s definition of international medicine, beyond romance, rescue fantasy, and institutional cliché.
A reflection on immigration, hypocrisy, and Portugal’s more compassionate social imagination.
This land used to be the city and dwelling place of compassionate companions. When did compassion come to its end? What has happened to all the rulers of the land?…
This land used to be the city and dwelling place of compassionate companions. When did compassion come to its end? What has happened to all the rulers of the land?…
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida has the world's largest palm collection, with more than 500 species and 1,000 palms across 13 acres. The collection includes the 13-acre Montgomery…
Oh, unlucky American patients-so close to good personal medical attention in Mexico and yet so far from a holistic approach. Just about a month ago, I returned to the Ticuna…
I AM AN AUSTRALIAN JEW AND I LOVE MOROCCO Jews have been present in Morocco for at least 2000 years and lived with the native Amazigh (Berber) people . There…
