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When I became a Consultant Endocrinologist to the two Indian tribes in the northeastern part of Nebraska, I was confronted with the problem of lodgings while I was there on…
Poverty rates in the western world, while appearing to be different, are at a higher level than one imagines. 12.7% was the rate of poverty in the USA before the…
Few days ago President Macron had a televised speech to the nation in which he touched on many aspects especially the control of Covid 19 and its restrictions and relaxations.…
My sister from Cuba wrote, dont forget to wear manga larga/large sleeve shirts and make sure that once you get to your destination, immediately wash them. That was to be…
There books that are found in the libraries of all well read people and they change from generation to generation but some are eternal Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet Herman Hesse…
I have been marooned in Miami, unable to travel since March 2020, except for a trip to Cuba. Certainly I have taken advantage of this imposed isolation and put my…
I had a chance to study at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami School of Medicine, twice during my professional formation as a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology. I was there…
I am not sure which one of my professors at the University of Melbourne teaching hospital told me: Choose a specialty that suits your personality. I had observed the various…
No need for me to add a commentary. Al Jazeera reporting from Havana, Cuba. Not the usual vitriol from Miami. Just a small comparison La Habana is a centre of…
We are always grateful for friends from yore who introduced us to books or poems or countries or ways of thinking. We are the collective expressions of so many of…
I have had two days of absolute tranquility, calm and mental balance. No one else is in this house, I have my coffee at the patio looking at the green…
I had sent photographs of my happy day to my best friend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and her comment was : Choc Roses and Che . Life is complete she…