May 15, 2024
LAMENT FOR MYANMAR. TEARS FOR BIRMANIE
I feel sad looking at this map.. all the names familiar to me Mytkyna, Bhamo, Sittwe, Mawlamayne.. My father fought in this land and i visited this golden land a…
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.
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,…
May 15, 2024
PRACTICAL OPTIMISM
Practical Optimism combines the resilience of traditional optimism with proactive strategies for problem solving and personal growth. Finding your Purpose Processing Emotions Problem Solving Developing a healthy sense of pride…
May 15, 2024
THINKING MAY HAVE EXTRAORDINARY HEALING POWERS
THINKING MAY HAVE EXTRAORDINARY HEALING POWERS Reminding people constantly about their age , tend to have detrimental effects on their longevity. One group of hotel maids were told that their…
Apr 15, 2024
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS THE BEST COLLECTION OF PALMS IN THE WORLD
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida has the world's largest palm collection, with more than 500 species and 1,000 palms across 13 acres. The collection includes the 13-acre Montgomery…
Apr 15, 2024
FLOWERS IN BLOOM AT THE FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS IN MIAMI FLORIDA IN MARCH APRIL 2024
Some flowers in bloom now at the Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida Poinsettia is a commercially important flowering plant (euphorbia) indigenous to Mexico and Central America Brazil Raintree, native…
Apr 15, 2024
THE BEAUTY OF MIAMI LIES IN ITS PEOPLE
THE BEAUTY OF MIAMI LIES IN ITS PEOPLE Miami may lack towering mountains or expansive rivers, but it boasts beautiful clouds and equally stunning people. Yesterday, at a Japanese Peruvian…
Mar 15, 2024
THE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE. THIS TIME IN MARRAKECH MOROCCO
Some books and certain authors enter your life at transforming moments and remain there, even as fashions change and seasons shift from torrid summers to autumnal tranquility. I first encountered…
Mar 15, 2024
AS 15TH OF MARCH APPROACHES, OH ET TU DEMOCRACY
Iran held an "election" a couple of days ago. The people who were not allowed to run or select candidates, showed their voting power by not voting. The turnout in…
Mar 15, 2024
A WONDERFUL NOWRUZ TO ALL FRIENDS AND LOVERS
A WONDERFUL NOWRUZ TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU ARE IRANIAN OR NOT.. SPRING IS BEING PROMISED BY UNCLE PIRUZ All lovers of Iranian cinema would be…
Mar 15, 2024
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE 300 MILLION CELEBRATING IT TODAY
HAPPY NOWRUZ DEAR FRIENDS OLD AND NEW, CLOSE TO MY HEART IN EVERY WAY OR FAR AWAY IN DISTANCE AND OBLIVION In a few minutes, the vernal equinox would appear…
Mar 15, 2024
SECOND DAY OF NOWRUZ HAPPY DAYS
I enjoyed very much the first day of Nowruz, sending and receiving greetings and exchanging photographs and seeing many a haft sin tables and to see the happy faces of…
Mar 15, 2024
HUMAN TOUCH WHERE YOU DO NOT EXPECT IT, EXCELLENT CARE AT THE OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY CLINIC OF UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
I had a fantastic encounter at the University of Miami Outpatient Radiology clinic, an experience that one could describe as truly exceptional in a medical setting! As part of my…
Mar 15, 2024
THE EVERGLADES IS WORTH SAVING
A friend of mine is visiting from another part of the USA, so I decided to be her tour guide. Today, I took her to a small town rarely visited…
Feb 15, 2024
CHOOSE YOUR CAREER CAREFULLY
CHOOSE YOUR CAREER CAREFULLY ASK YOURSELF, DOES THIS FIT MY PERSONALITY ? ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS YOU ALONE KNOW BEST WHO YOU ARE There was no question…
Feb 15, 2024
BEST CITIES TO LIVE
I have been fortunate to travel a bit in my life, I have always wanted to travel ever since I was a boy! Which country is your favourite, people ask?…
Feb 15, 2024
FREEDOM DENIED TO SO MANY IN THIS WORLD IN MANY SENSES OF THE WORD
This is what I feel like today, this Sunday, on a beautiful afternoon in Miami, while keeping my fingers on the pulse of the hearts of my friends in Iran,…
Feb 15, 2024
VIPASSANA SENSATION IN LETICIA IN COLOMBIAN AMAZON
Yesterday I had a very strange sensation in the amazonian town of Leticia. Perhaps it was the reason I had travelled there ? It seemed , or was it a…