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One of the favourite pastimes in the western world is to predict the weather or repeat the drastic prediction made by slender, flimsily clad "certified meterologists" (whatever that is ).…
It was a good day to leave Miami. The food, the social isolation and the general dislike of Cubans vs Others, occasionally bordering on hatred was weighing upon me. Got…
This is a question I have heard all my life. The divergence of my body (asian) and mind (post renaissance Europe) and soul (indigenous) confuses many who are used to…
As has been my custom for many years, on Friday Nights, regardless of where I am , Morocco, Malaysia or Miami, I would light candles and recite in Hebrew my…
Cities evoke a nostalgia in me . My own home city of Melbourne always reminded me of the fragrance of the flowers that i use to sense as I walked…
It was Minus 17 degrees Centigrade in South Khorasan Province and someone or other had invited the family for tea and cakes for the afternoon. Would you like to come,…
Anytime I see a List of places to visit in 2023 or something similar, I know those are the places to avoid. Yahoo Lists are hopeless written by people who…
My UmonHon Indian teacher, Pierre said to me, appropriately after I had hurried to the Clinic of the tribe, without much attention to the blue skies, and an eagle following…
WHAT IS FUFU ? FUFU is a food of African origin, which arrived with the slaves to the Caribbean region from West Africa. The slaves were forcibly brought over to…
I have always been fond of reading, the habit of looking through second hand bookstores and bouquinistes have followed me in my travels ..Powell's of Portland.. River Seine.. Tokyo.. Carlton…
I am absolutely in love with my language, once i realized its intricacies, nuances as well as its analytical nature and the abundance of words. There is word for it,…
I was still at university when I listened to a jazz pianist playing this melody Autumn Leaves Did not realize at that time, many years later I would be listening…