Aug 15, 2009
Parsimonious Purveyors of Your Pantry
Priests of the New Nutritionism: An American Tragedy Since when do we need these self appointed guardians of packaged food to supervise our eating? My Lunch today chicken kebab. salad.…
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.
Jul 15, 2009
The SweatLodge prayers for Little Froggie, MM, my sisters and loved ones..
The phone rang as soon as I entered the Blue House at the Reservation. Hey Doctor, we are going into the Sweat in about half an hour, would like you…
Jul 15, 2009
Second Day of the Hocank Pow Wow
Indians are very happy when you come to their Pow Wow, it is the time of gathering and social mingling. they are even more happier when you bring your friends,…
Jun 15, 2009
Nothing is predictable in La Habana
The last day in Havana. 26 th June 2009 Where was I on 26 th May? Where would I be on 26 th July? When you are in Havana, you…
Jun 15, 2009
Thinking about my Brothers Yitzhak and Eliyahu…
Cuba Narrative 2 Today is 22 nd June 2009 On June 14 th 2005, I was in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Hanoi, having requested the receptionist to…
Jun 15, 2009
What would Life be like in the Moveable Feast which was mine for Years
I am sitting at the Lounge at the Houston Airport. I am on my way to Miami and then on to La Habana. I am looking forward to being back…
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…
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
You Listen Carefully, You will learn..say the Indians
I asked an Indian lady, whom I respect as an Educator among her people. Do you at times feel you are living in two different worlds? I was thinking of…
May 15, 2009
To Myanmar with Love.. Indeed
An Unusual Tale of Love in the time of Cyclones, Monks and Masters Myanmar is a mysterious country. Politically speaking, which I rather not do, it has been stuck in…
May 15, 2009
Indulgences in Kuala Lumpur..
Facial at KLCC, KL, Malaisie.. One of the sheer pleasures of visiting KL (this is my fourth visit in one year, a lot considering I live 12 000 km away!)..is…
May 15, 2009
The Humble Man from Pahang
The Humble Man from Pahang The reason I came across this wonderful Malaysian Man was that he had been twice to Cuba on behalf of his government and this gave…
May 15, 2009
Noodle Bar or Nudle Bar?
Is it Noodle Bar or Nudle Bar? Fusion Cuisine or is it blind mimicry? How do cuisines influence each other? Do the imperialists: whether georgraphic or cultural impose their cuisine…
May 15, 2009
Ah Minha Terra Cognita.. First Full Day in Malaisie..
Ah Minha Terra Cognita… If you can manage your sleep, you can enjoy your life even more.. Who sleeps more per day do you think? The French or the Japanese?…
May 15, 2009
A Mi Tierra Natal: Dia 1 Malasia.
Day 1 of a trip to Asia In fact it was more than 24 hours, on this first day of the trip, to get to KL from Paris. I left…
Apr 15, 2009
April in Paris
Paris, France 1st April 2009 Dear Friends The sun is shining brightly outside. It is 5 pm and the temperature is 16 C. (60 F) I see people walking around…
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…