May 15, 2010
Memories of a Collective Past.. weekend in Normandie
We who are from the New World, with an easy going lifestyle and an outward friendliness, find ourselves so comfortable in other new world countries.. for e,g., I am an…
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Mar 15, 2010
Tristes Tropiques.. 30 Hours in Miami
1400 Thursday to 2100 Friday A: Encounter with a young woman in an Airplane Toilet No, this is not a story about the famed, Mile High Club! Esconsed in seat…
Feb 15, 2010
Come Snow or Long Layovers at Airports, Los Indios! here I am
A few weeks away from the Indians (native people of the Americas), I begin to feel their physical absence. Fortunately, I have a reason to go back to see them,…
Dec 15, 2009
Kervallon Cuba Connexion How Could Be
Kervallon-Cuba Connexion? How could be a village of population 20, be connected to our beloved island in the Caribbean? Improbable, no? I am not counting my presence here, bringing in…
Nov 15, 2009
A shabbat Gift from Maghreb.. in France
A nice Shabbat Gift in Levallois Friday Night 13 Chesvan 5770 This night I had dinner at Café Louis, a Melbourne kind of café, doting couples out on a date,…
Sep 15, 2009
Journey to Friends Food and Other Loves Day 4 Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
The wait at the Amsterdam Schipol Airport seemed interminable. There were lots of japanese boarding their flights to Tokyo. The KLM club is spacious and full of amenities. I tried…
Sep 15, 2009
Journey to Friends Food and Other Loves Day 3 Miami to Paris to Amsterdam
I was the last one to board the Air France Flight 095 to Paris, as I had lingered longer at the new Delta Airlines Club at Miami Airport. The French…
Aug 15, 2009
An afternoon in Paris
Musee de la Vie Romantique The city of Paris maintains a slew of museums, which are free for visitors, a fact that I learned only this afternoon when I went…
Jun 15, 2009
ALTRUISM Give of yourself till it hurts!
True Giving Altruism is giving that which you cannot afford, said my father, once upon a time. I was with an UmonHon Indian friend of mine, at the parking lot…
Mar 15, 2009
Jiddu in India and Rachel in Hong Kong…
A mind which is seeking permanency soon stagnates.. said JKM. But like moths to the light, we are standing in line to conform. Here he is talking about the mind,…
Apr 15, 2008
Guanabacoa In Far North Of Australia
Guanabacoa in the Far North of Australia You were here a couple of years ago, I asked the Peruvian lady selling trinkets in the shade of a gorgeous banyan tree…
Jan 15, 2008
The False TAINOS of Baracoa and CUBA
Written in conjunction with and presented at International meeting of SOLAR in Rio de Janeiro Dr Sudha Yehuda Kovesh S and Dr Ivette Garcia (currently a Cuban diplomat assigned to…