Feb 15, 2011
Adieu Mon Professeur Dr Joel Glaser
The Funeral of Dr. Joel Glaser From the moment I arrived at the Funeral Home, until I left, I couldn't control my tears. They came out effortlessly. My sister’s husband…
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.
Feb 15, 2011
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY MALAYSIA 14 FEBRUARY 2011
Malaysia warns Muslims of Valentine's Day 'trap' Muslims make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million population Malaysia stepped up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day - labelling…
Feb 15, 2011
CULTURE OF GEOGRAPHY OF BIRTH
Culture of Geography of Birth? I was told of a forthcoming wedding in Paris. A Mali born French Nanny in her early thirties with a 12 year old daughter will…
Feb 15, 2011
What does LIFESTYLE CHANGES mean?
LIFE STYLE CHANGES VERSUS QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES The recently released information on Obesity rates in America and also the rest of the world, serve the troubadours of the tragedy,…
Feb 15, 2011
It is a WONDERFUL WORLD if you care to search for it…
Man Asian Literary Prize to be announced on March 17 Contenders Kenzaburo Oe The Changeling Japan Manu Joseph Serious Man Inde Bie Feiyu 3 sisters chine Tabish Khair The thing…
Feb 15, 2011
Homeopathy/Natural Care for Chronic Rhinitis
Natural Remedies for Chronic Rhinitis, Sinusitis and Oro-pharyngitis If you are one of the multitudes of sufferers, the Chinese are especially burdened with this, of Chronic Rhinitis, you can be…
Feb 15, 2011
Native Americans and Yoga: Symbolism East and West
Symbolism East and the West Native Americans and Yoga I have with me a book, since 2004, which I have not begun to read: Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textually…
Feb 15, 2011
Native American Wisdom to live by
I believe that being a medicine man, more than anything else, is a state of mind, a way of looking at and understanding this earth, a sense of what it…
Jan 15, 2011
Express your Gratitude, says the American Indian Wisdom
Gratitude List for 2010 As the year 2010 ends, it is good to recollect those people on whose shoulders the great fortune of 2010 came riding to us. Without them,…
Jan 15, 2011
Food and Beauty in the New Year 1.1.11 Quiberon
Instead of telling you about the revelries of 31 dec, I shall describe the first day of the New Year 2011 which has begun very well. The morning though cold…
Jan 15, 2011
The Four Directions A Formula for Euphoria in Life
THE FOUR DIRECTIONS Happiness Decrease Your Desires Joy in Life Be helpful to others Contentment Be a Hollow Bone through which Spirits would enter the world of Others Be Grateful…
Jan 15, 2011
Toi La Bacsi: Vietnam Cross Cultural Medicine at 38 000 feet AF 7770-300
TOI LA BACSI: Cross Cultural Medicine at 38 000 feet I kept on saying to the very old lady, now slumped on her seat. She was flailing her arms and…
Jan 15, 2011
London Sunday; Paris Monday;Tuesday in Walthill TOLTEC HEAD
This travel blog photo's source is TravelPod page: Mexico City Part 2 But where is Walthill? 12 January 11 the outside temperature is Minus 18 degrees Centigrade. It is going…
Jan 15, 2011
LIMINALITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE INDIANS
It is often like this One day you are brimmed with hope and desires And then the next, you realize, how alone in the world you could be, especially you…
Jan 15, 2011
CUBAN TENDERNESS
Cuban Tenderness Cuando me cuentas de tus dias siento nostalgia de que habitemos lugares tan distantes, no poder tenerte mas cerca, para poder pasar mas tiempo juntos, visitarte y que…
Jan 15, 2011
Shekhinah or Love of the Universe: Trip from Paris to the Blue House among the Indians
Air France 0636 Boeing 777-300 Paris Charles de Gaulle international airport to Houston International Airport 10 th January 2011 0701 train from Becon les Bruyers in Paris to Gare San…
Jan 15, 2011
Globalization in a Paris Suburb: an Anthropological View
Paris Suburbs: Shopping for Everyday Goods Globalization at Work This morning I went shopping in one of the western suburbs of Paris and it was truly a lesson in Globalization…
Jan 15, 2011
THE FRENCH PARADOX AND THE SLOW DIGESTED CARBOHYDRATES
French Paradox: an additional piece: Slowly digested or Undigested Carbohydrates. Another Piece of the French Paradox: Why French are not fat or have higher Cardiovascular Diseases. Most people working in…