Jan 15, 2020
OMAN AIR LOUNGE AT MUSCAT AND YET ANOTHER SURPRISE
Lots of nice things have happened to me in Oman during my various visits and this visit (today I leave for Paris on my way to Miami and then Havana)…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Dec 15, 2019
PERSONALIZED NUTRITION . MY THOUGHTS AT THIS STAGE
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…
Dec 15, 2019
THIS IS NOT A BLOG . BUT A RECORD OF MY TRAVELS IN 2019
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Year 2019 has been a good year for travel, but then again which year has not been a good one ?…
Dec 15, 2019
THE PERSON WHO LOVES HIS COUNTRY LOVES HIS HOME HAS PEACE
I enjoy walking along the Malecon as the sun sets. At this time of the year in Havana, it sets behind some buildings, not in the open seas, but it…
Dec 15, 2019
DECEMBER 5, 2019 TWO MONTH ANNIVERSARY
It was on October 5, 2019 that this buddhist monk appeared at the hotel where I was having a late breakfast, watching the calm Arabian Sea. Just the day before…
Dec 15, 2019
WHEN I AM EATING, I KNOW I AM EATING…
I have had a few wonderful days here in La Habana. As the city and the country evolves, from one drama to the next, my own life here gets better…
Nov 15, 2019
JOYOUS RETURN TO LA HABANA…. SUCH A SMOOTH JOURNEY
I always reach the Airport a little earlier than normal, mainly to have a nice breakfast at the Flagship Lounge of the American Airlines. 730 am An Uber driver by…
Nov 15, 2019
HAPPY 500th ANNIVERSARY SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA HABANA . TE AMO CUBA
Some of the following photographs may be copyrighted so I beg forgiveness of the photographers but they were available in the Net.. Many people in Miami are very surprised how…
Oct 15, 2019
THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE --> THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES Today is 26 th October 2019 On 26 th September I was in Lisbon, Portugal catching a…
Oct 15, 2019
OH MIAMI SO CLOSE TO US IN CUBA BUT SO FAR AWAY IN YOUR UNHAPPY WORLD
Porfirio Diaz the Mexican Dictator seemed to have implied; Pobre Mexico, tan circa de Estados Unidos y tan lejos de Dios We, in Cuba, has something to offer the poor…
Oct 15, 2019
CUBA FOLLOWS YOU …. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE CUBA FOLLOWS YOU .. I arrived at the Miami International Airport and very quickly I was at the curbside waiting for the…
Oct 15, 2019
UNFAIR BLOCKADE OF CUBA BY THE USA .. ITS ARMS EXTEND FAR TO CAUSE MISERY TO ORDINARY PEOPLE
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Oct 15, 2019
EVERYTHING IS RELATED . MITAKUYE OYASIN INDIANS SAY WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO DECIPHER IT
A BUDDHIST monk appears at the hotel where I was staying at Fort Cochin in Kerala, India He is a Geshe, just one year short of becoming a monk. He…
Oct 15, 2019
LONGINGS ANORANSA SAUDADE FOR IRAN
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE SAUDADE FOR IRAN Saudade is my favourite Portuguese word, which has been translated into many forms of nostalgia, anoransa en Spanish, longings…
Oct 15, 2019
CASUALIDAD NO ES TAN CASUAL . COINCIDENCES DO NOT EXIST A STORY FROM FORT COCHIN KERALA
I am not sure when I first heard the phrase, Coincidences do not exist but much sonorous in Spanish, Casualidad no es tan Casual..but one thing for sure. It was…
Sep 15, 2019
LAST DAY OF JEWISH YEAR 5779 . WHAT A LOVELY END!
WHAT A LOVELY END Loves have only grown.. CUBA my home, the numerous brothers and sister that I toil for.. a glass of Chenin Blanc from an Indian winery, ah…
Aug 15, 2019
A lovely trip to Europe
I have just returned to Miami after a 10 day trip to Europe in which I discovered a lovely part of Austria and also ventured into the mountainous parts of…
Jul 15, 2019
DELIGHTFUL MONTH OF TRAVEL. JULY 2019
It is 31 July 2019 and I recollect pleasantly what a wonderful month of travel it has been for me Began the month of July in La Havana being well…