Jun 15, 2018
SYMBOLISM OF WELCOME FROM TICUNA ALONG THE AMAZON
I am in Miami, preparing to travel down to the Amazon. This journey has its own peculiar history, the way it was planned and hoped for. Things happen for 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.
Jun 15, 2018
A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT DAYS IN COCHIN, INDIA
FOR some lucky reason, I end up in Fort Cochin few times a year. I am not devoted to India and in fact, my visit to Cochin begins with arrival…
Jun 15, 2018
WHERE DOES DIVERSITY BEGIN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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May 15, 2018
ONE FREQUENT FLIER AND HIS LOUNGES
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May 15, 2018
LOVE YOUR LIFE AND LET LIFE LOVE YOU
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May 15, 2018
A JEW IN QATAR AND OTHER STORIES
A JEW IN QATAR AND OTHER STORIES It is sunny outside nary a cloud but haze over the multiple modern buildings that surround this bay in Doha, Qatar. this is…
May 15, 2018
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO COLOMBO
I was in the Lounge, empty at that hour of the day and wanted to try the two wines on offer. I was busy taking photos of the wine and…
May 15, 2018
A SADDEST PLEASURE: JOURNEY TO THE EAST
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Apr 15, 2018
FORT COCHIN A PLACE TO STAY PUT WHEN YOU VISIT KERALA INDIA
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Apr 15, 2018
Tourist Advice: Thank you for not coming
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Apr 15, 2018
58 HOURS FROM MIAMI FOR A JOURNEY TO THE EAST ENDING UP IN KUALA LUMPUR
only dedicated travel fans would understand why it took me 52 hours to go from Miami to Kuala Lumpur. There are multiple one stop journeys to KL from Miami: British…
Apr 15, 2018
KRISFLYER BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE IN SINGAPORE CHANGI WHAT A LOVELY AIRPORT
SINGAPORE CHANGI airport consistently wins all awards for being the best Airport in the world, a distinction it holds on to, even after these many years. USA is far behind…
Mar 15, 2018
MEETING A REMARKABLE INDIAN AT MY FAVOURITE HOTEL IN FORT COCHIN :BRISTOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL
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Mar 15, 2018
THE JEW FROM SUDAN AND THE HAIRCUT IN MIAMI
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Mar 15, 2018
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP THAT KEEPS ON GIVING: MUNCHING OF KUALA LUMPUR AND SADHGURU
Mun Ching Yong has been a friend of mine for over a decade when we met on an Air Asia Flight to Siem Reap from Kuala Lumpur in February 2008.…
Feb 15, 2018
THE MAN IN SEAT 1K QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM DOHA TO THE USA
I always look forward to my Qatar Airways QR flights. Today's aircraft was a 787-900. I had a wonderful day at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. At the appointed hour an…
Feb 15, 2018
A SPECIAL SHABBAT IN COCHIN ERNAKULAM
It was no coincidence that I received an invitation to attend a lecture at the Kadavumbagam Synagogue of Cochin that belongs to the Malabari Jews of Cochin. The synagogue breathes…
Feb 15, 2018
WONDERFUL RELAXING DAY IN FORT COCHIN
There must be something in the air in Cochin for me, like I experienced in Suva, Fiji; Malacca, Malaysia, Zanzibar..but with more substance because Keralites especially the Syrian Christians I…