Dec 15, 2012
GRATEFUL FOR A GOOD YEAR OF TRAVEL 2012: A PHOTO ESSAY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE GOOD YEAR FOR TRAVEL 2012 I had become aware of travel at an early age, after all I had to move countries…
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.
Nov 15, 2012
MALAYSIA IN CUBA, THANK YOU AMBASSADOR JOJIE SAMUEL
MALAYSIA IN CUBA I have been very lucky to meet some excellent people in Malaysia, the best among them being MCY whom I had met serendipitously in 2008. She introduced…
Oct 15, 2012
CONVIVIALITY… BRANDS.. AND FRIENDSHIP.. ENJOY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE KNOW YOUR BRAND.. Yellow Tail is without doubt the most popular Australian brand of wine known in the USA and UK.. But…
Oct 15, 2012
LEARNING TO BE HUMAN FROM AMERICAN INDIANS
Up here we are HUMAN...learning to be a Human Being among the Indians.. I have spent the past week with the Lakota at Cheyenne River. As each day came to…
Oct 15, 2012
Kaddish for Sen. George McGovern 1922-2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE KADDISH FOR SENATOR GEORGE MCGOVERN Once on my way to the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota, I was excited to see…
Oct 15, 2012
COINCIDENCES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM: LAWRENCE ROWE OF JAMAICA
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE COINCIDENCE DOES NOT EXIST YOU MAY MEET LAWRENCE ROWE ON THE ROAD A friend of mine was going down to Barbados…
Sep 15, 2012
COMPASSION IS SPIRITUALITY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Compassion is a path to spirituality whereas being religious may not be, when ideologies may serve various masters, and not necessarily…
Sep 15, 2012
INDIANS SAY: POVERTY MAY BE FINE BUT MISERY IS NOT: MURAKAMI IN THE BLUE HOUSE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The alarm rang at 0630 as I was already opening my eyes. I am in the Blue House among the Omaha Indians.…
Sep 15, 2012
ATTIRE FOR WORK.. NOTES FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Attire for Work, notes from the Indian Country I am at work. I am a Consultant Physician, specializing in Endocrinology, and work…
Sep 15, 2012
GOOD TO BE A CUBAN TODAY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE To His Excellency Pedro Monzon, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Commonwealth of Australia Dear Pedro: It is I, Sudha,…
Sep 15, 2012
EAT TO PLEASE YOUR MICROBES: THEY KNOW YOUR GENETIC ORIGINS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A good friend of mine from Kuala Lumpur sent me two articles from our mutual favourite magazine, The Economist. Both are on…
Sep 15, 2012
Mourning for a Good Person: FOMENKO and celebrating his life’s lessons
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE He did not try to adjust to new times, nor did he lament the effects of the Soviet collapse, but he stayed…
Sep 15, 2012
SOUTH EAST ASIA FEELS NATURALLY HOME
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ASEAN…a friendly and welcoming environment Ever since I became aware of travel, I have always tried to cover regions. The Pacific was…
Aug 15, 2012
HAPPY DOCTORS DAY : TOLERANCE HAS ITS REWARDS
Doctors day is celebrated on various day on various continents, in Cuba, it is the birthday of Carlos Finlay that is celebrated as the Doctors Day. Today is the Birthday…
Jul 15, 2012
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY? I was a pre-schooler, when my grandfather, olav ha shalom, came into the room with a bagful of sweets and said: these are…
Jul 15, 2012
when one door is Closed, Dont you know the other is open? Bob Marley
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED, DON’T YOU KNOW THE OTHER IS OPEN? Those lyrics from Bob Marley, Philosopher from Jamaica, always held…
Jul 15, 2012
ADVICE ON FOOD LABEL READING esp for AMERICAN INDIANS AND ASIANS IN ASIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Effect of macronutrient composition of weight loss diets on reduction of the inflammatory marker hsCRP http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/S1/O5 Published on 12 th June 2012…
Jul 15, 2012
IT IS EASY TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH POORLY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A French academician once put it: English is a language that is relatively EASY to speak POORLY. A language so rich as…