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I am a traveller, so it is only natural that I hear various languages in my travels, some common, some uncommon and some rare. The most common languages for me…
I was a young boy when I across this saying in one of the journals that arrived once a month: Life is a long holiday with Intervals of work. I…
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
I have always been interested in languages. I am not sure what language was the one I first heard or understood but study of languages (more cultural anthropological rather than…
ENTOMOLOGY would have been one of the first words in my vocabulary that I could remember as a child. But what was the path to that knowledge? What language did…
The normally Mediterranean-style climate of La Habana took a turn with the arrival of a cold front, a frente frio, from the North, The temperature dropped to 21C, the change…
The first ever indigenous group that I worked with was a traditional group of American Indians who lived in their own little territory deep inside the USA. I was completely…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I am writing this from my flat in Vedado, Havana, Cuba while listening to Iranian music. I have been thinking a lot…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I am a Physician specializing in Endocrinology, which is a specialty which has always been micro-molecular in its outlook and depth. As…
I have just spent a lovely week with some indigenous people. Tomorrow I will get ready to leave for Spain. so I am entering a liminal period when I am…
When I began working with the Indigenous people, I noticed that their metabolism of certain foods differed from their fellow countrymen of European origin. At the same time, observations had…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I AM A PROUD M.O.T. MEMBER OF THE TRIBE The first time I heard the expression MOT, was from a doctor teacher,…