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.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
LAN is a pan Asian fusion restaurant here in Miami. It is owned by a Filipino Chinese chef who has built a reputation for tasty, healthy food based on recipes…
Last night, it was Erev Yom Kippur, the beginning of the day of atonement. I had been with the Indians are hurried home before the sunset, missing the opening hours…
I broke the fast yesterday night with my good friends at their home. In my heart, i had been feeling that this year 5782 has begun well and that it…
A patient of mine, after he had finished his brunch decided to have a cup of orange juice. He had his lunch which was not a large lunch at 12…
In just 50 years, almost a million Jews, whose communities stretch back up to 3,000 years, have been 'ethnically cleansed' from 10 Arab countries. These refugees outnumber the Palestinian refugees…
From The National Geographic: Florida Keys A key is a small, low-lying coral island. The Florida Keys are probably the most famous keys in the world. A 205 kilometer (127…
There is a poem by that eminent latin american poet who belongs to all PABLO NERUDA How much happens in a day and I will tell you what happened to…
I am not a fan of watching sports on TV but I like to be abreast of what is happening, especially from an anthropological point of view. When we were…
A favourite cult film among students was the classic CASABLANCA. and there is a line We will always have Paris .. Rick Blaine: Now, you've got to listen to me!…
Two UmonHon Indian relatives dropped in for a lovely short visit! I had not seen them since November 2018, but for a period of 3 years we saw each other…
Over the course of the years, they have defined what is normal Blood Pressure for an average human. For years it was accepted that it was 130/80 mm Hg, but…
I have been fortunate to get to know some Native people who are caught in the web of acculturation and their intense desire to maintain their culture. So happy was…
It was 4 pm, the mellow sun was about to set over the London skies. I was a student of Anthropology at London. I made myself a cup of tea.…
I am always grateful to my Israeli colleagues to provide innovative evidence to collaborate what i observe in my clinical practice among the Indigenous people. Abstract OBJECTIVE To compare the…
I am at a farm just a few miles out of Miami. It is absolutely quiet here, no traffic , no noise, surrounded by parcels of fields cultivating mainly decorative…
TIKKUN OLAM MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA TO MIAMI FLORIDA Yesterday a Jewish friend of mine wanted me to talk to a friend of his and guide his friend with some medical advice.…
I was a very naive student from Australia. Invited to attend a meeting of the World Union of Jewish Students! Imagine a colonial australian boy with no exposure to the…
Brittany much like Wales with which it shares some pre historic connections is a motoring country. Quiberon is a popular spot for French visitors and at this time of the…
