Oct 15, 2021
SURVIVAL DURING THE PASSAGE OF TIME THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS
Survival during the passage of time I look forward to the monthly FULL moon Satsang with Sadhguru the mystic from South India. Tonight was the full moon 20 September 2021…
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.
Sep 15, 2021
THE BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.. AVOID WORDS LIKE MOHAMMED, MALAYSIA (OR 25 OTHER FAILING MUSLIM STATES) OR CUBA IN YOUR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
There is a poem by that eminent latin american poet who belongs to all PABLO NERUDA How much happens in a day and I will tell you what happened to…
Sep 15, 2021
KOL NIDRE, MELODIES FROM ASHKENAZ, SEFERAD AND MIZRAHIM. LET US TRAVEL, OJALA, AND EAT WELL IN 5782
Last night, it was Erev Yom Kippur, the beginning of the day of atonement. I had been with the Indians are hurried home before the sunset, missing the opening hours…
Sep 15, 2021
MITAKUYE OYASIN. WE ARE ALL RELATED. AN EVENING OF CONNECTIONS WITH CUBA, BRASIL, MIAMI, ISRAEL
LAN is a pan Asian fusion restaurant here in Miami. It is owned by a Filipino Chinese chef who has built a reputation for tasty, healthy food based on recipes…
Sep 15, 2021
REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH.. THE STAB THAT BEGAN AS A TRICKLE NOW FLOODS THE RIVERS OF HATRED IN THIS WORLD
Saturday, September 11, 2021 Miami Remembering the Terrorist Event 20 years ago in which we all lost so much: mainly an innocence. It was a pivotal moment for those with…
Sep 15, 2021
JEWISH NEW YEAR 5782 WITH ALL LOVED ONES IN THE HEART .. FROM MIAMI WITH LOVE
The Jewish New Year has already begun for me. Second year in a row, that there would be no communal get together. So be with the people who mean friendship…
Sep 15, 2021
THIS JEWISH NEW YEAR FOR OUR SISTERS IN IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN..EVERYWHERE ELSE THEY NEED TO CELEBRATE
The Jewish New Year is upon us..Couldnt celebrate properly last year and this year seems we will celebrate on line with whoever wish to share these days.. This being human…
Aug 15, 2021
Mieux vaut n’penser à rien que n’pas penser du tout. Stacey Kent. Ces Petits Riens. These Little things . Serge Gainsbourg . In Paris. In Love . Full of sound and Fury, signifying Nothing
I am at a farm just a few miles out of Miami. It is absolutely quiet here, no traffic , no noise, surrounded by parcels of fields cultivating mainly decorative…
Aug 15, 2021
BOUSHRA ALMUTAWAKEL, YEMENITE PHOTOGRAPHER ON IDENTITY AND SYMBOLISM OF THE HIJAB.. I ASK WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR SISTERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN ?
On the day Kabul in Afghanistan succumbed to the Taliban forces, there was a collective groan of agonized voices around the world.. What will happen to our Afghan sisters? It…
Aug 15, 2021
DO YOU WISH TO BE HEALTHY? LEAVE THE USA PART 2
I have spent a considerable amount of time in the USA attending to the various Tribes of Indians over the course of the years. I am excited to arrive in…
Aug 15, 2021
WHY DO HUMANS (AND SOME PET ANIMALS) GET FAT? NEW STUDIES ON TREATMENT OF OBESITY BEGINING TO SHINE LIGHT ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
I just received this information by email Effects of liraglutide on visceral and ectopic fat in adults with overweight and obesity at high cardiovascular risk: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical…
Aug 15, 2021
AN ENJOYABLE DAY AT THE COUNTRYSIDE.. A MEGALITH VISIT THROWN IN, A NICE DINNER AND SOME NEW FRIENDS..
Brittany much like Wales with which it shares some pre historic connections is a motoring country. Quiberon is a popular spot for French visitors and at this time of the…
Jul 15, 2021
STRENGTH OF FRIENDSHIPS THAT IS IMPERVIOUS TO TIME AND DISTANCE
Today, two American Indian friends of mine, celebrating their wedding anniversary in Orlando, drove down to Miami, 200 miles each way. ABB and I worked together at the Umonhon Tribe…
Jul 15, 2021
HOW TO TRANSITION FROM ONE CULTURE TO THE NEXT: IN MY CASE AN ENJOYABLE SOLUTION OF FLYING EXPERIENCE
In today's discussion, the airline in question is SWISS airlines. I have flown them a few times before, once Montreal to Zurich to Singapore and back, eleven years ago almost…
Jul 15, 2021
THE BLUE HOUSE AMONG THE OMAHA IS NO MORE… BUT HOW IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE .. THANK YOU
When I became a Consultant Endocrinologist to the two Indian tribes in the northeastern part of Nebraska, I was confronted with the problem of lodgings while I was there on…
Jul 15, 2021
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE FRENCH PARADOX ? THEY DEFINITELY EAT BETTER. VARIETY. SMALL PORTION. FRESHLY COOKED.
I have been in this small Breton city/large village of Quiberon which is very tourist oriented, but I had come to visit people who live here. Our meals are usually…
Jul 15, 2021
BASTILLE DAY IN FRANCE. LE GRANDEUR DE FRANCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT MACRON
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE ON THIS BASTILLE DAY 2021 It was nice to watch the pomp and elegance of the Bastille Day parade along the Champs des Elysees…
Jul 15, 2021
THE STOLEN GENERATION/THE LOST GENERATION/THE FORGOTTEN GENERATION: THE GENOCIDE OF NATIVE CHILDREN BY SETTLERS FROM EUROPE
I have worked with Indigenous people in many parts of the world but Indians of North America are especially closer to my heart. I have gotten to know them better,…