Jun 15, 2009
Por que yo soy revolucionario/a?
Day 3 La Habana Diaries 23 June 2009 I will tell you why I am a revolutionary I was sitting in a verandah of a colonial house lined with plants,…
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.
Jun 15, 2009
About the Five Good Friends I had come to see
Day 3 in Havana. Early Morning. As usual, another night of deep sleep. During the week with the Indians, the sleep was so disturbed, waking up at 2 am and…
Jun 15, 2009
An Eclectic Day in Paris.. in June
An Eclectic Day in Paris It is not that often that in a short span of a few hours, you have such a variety of experiences as I had today…
Jun 15, 2009
ALTRUISM Give of yourself till it hurts!
True Giving Altruism is giving that which you cannot afford, said my father, once upon a time. I was with an UmonHon Indian friend of mine, at the parking lot…
May 15, 2009
MAY 2009 A WONDERFUL MONTH OF TRAVELS
It began with the Continental Airlines upgrading me to B/F on their flight from Houston to Paris, as I had missed their connection to New York. I didn’t mind staying…
May 15, 2009
Life is a long vacation with intervals of work
The Pleasant Long Commute to work among the Los Indios.. How often do you begin your journey to work with a glass of French Champagne? I was inside the Air…
Mar 15, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDRA KENNEDY IN MELBOURNE
It is one of Life’s greatest pleasures, indeed, when out of the mist of time, where memories hide, one small glimmer of a light comes out, bringing with it fragrances…
Mar 15, 2009
Bernard Lewis and the future of Arab Freedom..
Historian Bernard Lewis breathes a fresh perspective into the cultural conflict between the Arab and Islamic world and the west. Even as early as 1950, he had thought that the…
Mar 15, 2009
Jiddu in India and Rachel in Hong Kong…
A mind which is seeking permanency soon stagnates.. said JKM. But like moths to the light, we are standing in line to conform. Here he is talking about the mind,…
Feb 15, 2009
Three things the Blind Astrologer wanted me to do in India
Dear Friends: I was in India for six days, but in three states, three cities and three nights spent on trains! The Blind Astrologer had wanted me to do three…
Dec 15, 2008
Israel and the Family of Jewish People
. The general perception from outside about a visit to Israel, concerns itself with Security, Terrorism, religious and national fanaticism and the brashness of its inhabitants. I was reminded of…
Nov 15, 2008
Diabetes Cambodia: Personal Notes
Personal Notes I had the great pleasure of seeing many patients with Diabetes . But the following four patients stood out in my memory Group A 1. Director of Health…
Jul 15, 2008
METAPHOR FOR CHANGE: AN IMPRESSIVE TALE IN HOCHIMINH CITY VIETNAM
METAPHOR FOR CHANGE An Impressive Tale in Ho Chi Minh City Highlight of my Friends, Food and Far East tour of December 2007 A feast in the literal sense, that…
Apr 15, 2008
Guanabacoa In Far North Of Australia
Guanabacoa in the Far North of Australia You were here a couple of years ago, I asked the Peruvian lady selling trinkets in the shade of a gorgeous banyan tree…
Jan 15, 2008
The False TAINOS of Baracoa and CUBA
Written in conjunction with and presented at International meeting of SOLAR in Rio de Janeiro Dr Sudha Yehuda Kovesh S and Dr Ivette Garcia (currently a Cuban diplomat assigned to…
Jan 15, 2008
A day of Healing at a Native American Indian Clinic
A Day of Healing at a Clinic for Native Americans Barely thirty, JWE, now sits in front of you, a wasted life, his limbs a metaphor for that waste. Bites…
Nov 15, 2007
Globalization Will Not Eradicate
Globalization will not eradicate Prejudices Competence, Efficiency and Education will! Or Why we need Israel to train security agents worldwide. Rainy end of October day. 0730 AM. Steady drizzle. Not…
Jun 15, 2007
A Dream Dreaming of Itself..Musings from Paris
Friday, 1 June 2007 A young Arab French girl with a visible bulging belly and her hair dyed blonde serves me a glass of house wine. As happens in the…