Aug 15, 2025
Cochin: Harmony Among the Inhabitants of All Faiths
A reflection on Fort Cochin, interdenominational life, and the quiet coexistence of many faiths.
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, 2025
The Rise of Charlatans: Frustrated Wannabe Doctors and Their Capitalistic Exploitation
The Rise of Charlatans: Frustrated Wannabe Doctors and Their Capitalistic Exploitation Throughout history, there has been a persistent presence of individuals who, despite lacking proper medical training, position themselves as…
Jul 15, 2024
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDITED MY WRITING AND ADDED TO THE MAGIC OF WRITING ABOUT BARACOA
Dr. Yehuda Kovesh leaned against the worn wooden railing of his clinic's veranda, staring out at the bustling streets of the coastal town of Baracoa. The salty breeze carried whispers…
May 15, 2024
GREED IN THE US HEALTH CARE AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE USA
Viewpoint January 30, 2023 Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP 1 Author Affiliations Article Information 1 Institute for Healthcare Improvement,…
Feb 15, 2024
OH POBRE AMERICANOS, COME TO MEXICO. THE FOOD IS BETTER SO IS THE SPECIALIST MEDICAL CARE . MORE COMPASSIONATE
Oh, unlucky American patients-so close to good personal medical attention in Mexico and yet so far from a holistic approach. Just about a month ago, I returned to the Ticuna…
Feb 15, 2024
Navigating the Spiritual Terrain and Cultural Landscapes of Leticia: A Journey Beyond the Ordinary. Spanish translation at the end
Navigating the Spiritual Terrain and Cultural Landscapes of Leticia: A Journey Beyond the Ordinary In the heart of the Amazonian enclave of Leticia, I encountered a moment of profound introspection…
Dec 15, 2023
DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
Seven behaviors should be implemented to improve the art of medicine, which can help improve relationships with patients, according to an article published in Family Practice Management . Thomas R.…
Oct 15, 2022
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, SAY THE INDIANS, WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNDERSTAND
In the last 24 hours my Cuban sister has been involved in intense spiritual healing of an unfortunate, by all accounts a well loved lady in Iran. Me and another…
Jul 15, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS FOUNDATION DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT DR HARISINGH GOUR VISHWAVIDYALAY, SAGAR MP INDIA
THANKS TO MY FRIEND DR. BIJAYA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment .…
Jan 15, 2022
DR BOURLA A JEW FROM THESSALONIKA GREECE AND CEO OF PFIZER
The Genesis Prize Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Albert Bourla , Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Genesis Prize ,…
Jan 15, 2022
EVOLVE CONSTANTLY TO FIND WHO YOU ARE. DEVOTION FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRANSIENT INFATUATION WE CALL LOVE. FROM UNTRUTH TO TRUTH
It is the Full Moon. My good friend, JK, took this in Imperial, Nebraska. 18 January 2022 First full moon of 2022. The above photo of Full moon over Miami…
Nov 15, 2021
I AM A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST. ONCE A WEEK THIS IS WHERE I GO TO WORK
In western medical practice, it is easy to be a curer, a provider of pills. I always wanted to be a healer and to do that you have to be…
Oct 15, 2021
WILD MUSHROOMS AND HOW THEY INFLUENCE THE MICROBIOME. THE FUTURE OF METABOLIC MEDICINE, NUTRIGENOMICS
A good friend of mine wrote: I developed a pinpoint rash on my left lower leg in early 2017. In September 2017, I developed a total body rash and saw…
Oct 15, 2021
iVAN ILLICH. THE MEDICAL NEMESIS
CUERNAVACA, MEXICO is so full of longings. No puedo vivir sin amor, laments the alcoholic ex-British consul played by that great actor Albert Finney in Malcolm Lowery's book Under the…
Oct 15, 2021
THE DAY AFTER THE FULL MOON NIGHT
Photographs of the Full Moon kept on coming.. The full moon under a blue sky in the National Park where the indigenous people live The full moon was still visible…
Oct 15, 2021
A VERY SPECIAL FULL MOON 20 OCTOBER 2021
It has been raining with accompanying thunder in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The State of Kerala in India is inundated floods. SriRacha, Chon Buri in Thailand has gusty winds and cloudy…
Oct 15, 2021
SOMEHOW GENE THIN ELK CAME INTO MY THOUGHTS THIS AFTERNOON.. HE IS AN INSTITUTION IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY
I had the opportunity to work with a Native Psychologist from the University of South Dakota in the USA and one day he invited me to come to Vermillion where…
Oct 15, 2021
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM MIAMI.. WHEN YOU PRAY, PLEASE KEEP MY NAME IN YOUR PRAYERS, SAID MY FRIEND FROM SUDAN
There are some people whose presence in your life is mutually joyous, we bring joy to each other. I feel happy whenever I see you, said Avi, born in Khartoum,…