Jan 15, 2026
Travels in 2025, Hopes for More Travels in 2026
A year-end travel reflection on movement, memory, and the places that shaped the year.
Archive
Medical Themes: <span>Food Culture</span>
Browse the field notes by date, topic, place, and memory.
Aug 15, 2025
The First Cuban Restaurant in Miami, with the Soul of 1960s Havana
A Miami food memory that connects Cuban exile, restaurants, nostalgia, and the soul of Havana.
Jul 15, 2025
My Way of Travel
A personal reflection on travel as a life priority, offered as one person’s path rather than advice for everyone.
Jun 15, 2025
The Nutrition Crisis in the United States
A reflection on the American nutrition crisis as a problem of culture, education, inequality, and systems.
Jun 15, 2025
Mangroves and Memory: Hidden Currents Between Pine Island and Cuba
A coastal field note tracing mangroves, memory, Pine Island, Cuba, and the quiet routes between places.
May 15, 2025
Jamaica, Many Years Later and Saudade por Tudo
A memory of Jamaica, saudade, and the emotional afterlife of places where one once lived.
May 15, 2025
Why Spelling Bee 2025 Was More Than Just a Competition
🐝 Why Spelling Bee 2025 Was More Than Just a Competition This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee concluded with a thrilling victory by a 13-year-old boy from Plano, Texas .…
May 15, 2025
A Wonderful Day in Silver Sands, Jamaica
A warm field note from Silver Sands, Jamaica, on friendship, hospitality, and the grace of ordinary days.
Feb 15, 2025
I Miss My Good Friend Pak Joe, the Humble Boss of Bogor
A tribute to Pak Joe of Bogor, friendship, workplace health, and the dignity of humble leadership.
Jan 15, 2025
Compassionate Immigration and Portugal’s Example
A reflection on immigration, hypocrisy, and Portugal’s more compassionate social imagination.
Jan 15, 2025
Review Open Access Published 06 January
Review Open access Published: 06 January 2025 Efficacy of intermittent fasting on improving liver function in individuals with metabolic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis This is an analysis of…
Jan 15, 2025
Happy New Year from Porto
A New Year reflection from Porto, carrying hopes for Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, the United States, and beyond.