Dec 15, 2011
UmonHon to Bretons via Los Cubanos
It has been an unusually mild winter week in the North Eastern Corner of Nebraska. I left at 11 am from the Blue House, while the skies were cloudless and…
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Dec 15, 2011
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hanukkah: It is time to go HOME
On this Friday Night, I am in an Indian Reservation and having visited two tribes on this visit to North America, it is time to go HOME.. But the Lakotas…
Oct 15, 2011
DONT LISTEN TO PROFESSIONAL NUTRITIONAL ADVICE; IMITATE THE FRENCH
Dont listen to the nutritional advice you see on the Internet or from a person to whom you pay to hear it.. just watch the french eat.. why is that…
Oct 15, 2011
Quiberon, almost as if I am back in OZ
Many years later while walking in solitude along the streets of Palermo in BA, I used to think of the innocent days in Melbourne,where I thought the flowers had the…
Oct 15, 2011
The Long Way Home from the Blue House: The Vagaries of Travel
Because y itineraries and plans change without much notice or plans, I end up in journeys longer than planned. Take this last one for example. To get back home to…
Oct 15, 2011
We will always have Paris..Indians need you now
I have had a long and fruitful association with some tribes of North American Indians. In the years I have been coming to see them on a regular basis, I…
Oct 15, 2011
American Ingenuity or Two Dollar A day Chinese Workforce?
STEVE JOBS, AMERICAN INGENUITY, TWO DOLLAR A DAY CHINESE WORKFORCE ON WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU? This week, the Jewish High Holiday week has been full of news of all sorts.…
Oct 15, 2011
STEVE JOBS IN TEHERAN
Steve Jobs in Teheran This morning I received an email from Teheran, Iran: Steve Jobs has died. The news made every one sad, even here in Iran, where few people…
Sep 15, 2011
Harvest Festival of the HoCank and the Jewish New Year
I stepped out of the gymnasium into the pleasantly chilled air of this waning days of the Northern Summer; I could still hear the drums and jingle of the dresses.…
Sep 15, 2011
Best Work Cafeteria Food.. where else but in France?
France is truly a very advanced country when it comes to taking care of the health and welfare of its citizens. Where in the world would you find employers providing…
Sep 15, 2011
From ONE home in ASIA to another in EUROPE
10 am at Heathrow terminal 4 11 am at Paris CDG 1700 in KL Singapour 5 am in La Habana, Miami The flight from Paris to London was delayed because…
Sep 15, 2011
Philosophy of the man in seat 4 D LH 747-400
Philosophy of the man in Seat 4 D This year, for unknown reasons, I had been assigned to seat 4 D on Lufthansa long haul flights, usually to Asia. It…