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.
NUTRITIONAL EXPERTS AND LACK OF CONTEXT I am an Endocrinologist, educated in London, Melbourne and Miami and that doe not mean I would be very successful in Siem Reap, Cambodia…
Australia which gave us some excellent Nutritional leaders and pioneering research in Nutrition, lately has ben sending cut and paste articles on Nutrition on various websites. As Harari would say…
We are in the middle of celebrations.. for various cultures, various sentiments and various symbolisms. Harvest Moon for the Indians Autumn Moon and memories of Cakes eaten at this time.…
On the morning of October 5, 2019, I knew my. life was going to change, but did not expect so many changes. I am used to unexpected pleasures but this…
Lately days are passing by as if covered in a veil of magic. I have seen so many happy people , and my own little island beckons me seductively. Reality…
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS Borders is what we create so that we can cocoon inside it and then feel comfortable in them with our fellow travelers. Currently I am reading a…
I am very busy, is a refrain one often hears, then i wonder what are they busy with ? I can imagine you are running a big corporation or a…
I am curious about printed matter, but it is not often that I read ELLE or COSMOPOLITAN.. In the living room at my sisters house I saw this magazine and…
We in the West, whether USA or the countries in the Americas or Europe or the Middle East tend to forget that there are countries where the life has continued…
Este lunes inició en La Habana la puesta en marcha del proyecto de triciclos eléctricos los cuales circularán en recorrido de dos rutas: desde la Terminal de Ómnibus hasta la…
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro lit up to pay homage to Dia do Medico on October 18th, 2020. I received this message from Brasil. [08:20, 18/10/2020] :…
DUNBAR NUMBER IN THE TIMES OF COVID This morning BBC Future had an article, How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills. Humans are deeply social creatures, so what…
Writing about one of the earliest short stories of Anton Chekhov, the author writes: The title of this story-the Russian word toska -has no exact English equivalent, but it is…
Dr. MW and I have been friends since our medical student days, he and his wife G, would make every effort to get together during my brief passages through Miami…
I had the chance to visit Delta Orinoco in Venezuela on two different occasions. It takes a very long boat ride to get there, gliding past the palafitos of Warao…
I realized this sojourn in Miami compels to appreciate the beauty of Miami a friend of mine, whom I call the Optimistic Optometrist or I and I, sent me photos…
Who is deemed to be a WARRIOR? The best definition I have heard is from the American Indians. My UmonHon Indian teacher said to me: The duty of the Warrior…
