Nov 15, 2013
HOW TO MEET FRIENDLY PEOPLE? BE VERY FRIENDLY YOURSELF
We always hear, such and such a group are friendly, so and so are friendly, but are we friendly? why is that the same person behaves in a different fashion…
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.
Nov 15, 2013
TRAVELLING IN AMERICA: ENJOY THE VAGARIES OF CAPITALISM
TRAVELLING IN AMERICA: ENJOY THE VAGARIES OF CAPITALISM Almost always, my friend the Sage of Sioux City would say, Capitalism rewards the wrong type of person. I am assuming, hopefully…
Nov 15, 2013
THE JEWISH IDENTITY IN DIASPORA
The Jewish Identity in Diaspora The Economist, published weekly, has to be one of the best brain foods that is published that frequently in the English Language. I have great…
Oct 15, 2013
FINDING REFUGE TO IMPROVE YOUR MIND-BODY CONNECTION
Rick Hansen in Buddha's Brain: p 98 Find Refuge in whatever is a sanctuary and refueling station for you. Potential refuges include people, activities, places, intangible things like reason, a…
Oct 15, 2013
MIND BODY SPIRIT AND HEALTH
Like most western educated Medical Doctors, I was not that interested in the Mind Body Connection in Health while I was a Medical Student, Resident in Internal Medicine and a…
Oct 15, 2013
SEATTLE A Foodie Paradise
SEATTLE, A FOODIE PARADISE Outside of New York City, in the USA, the major cities have regional emphasis on their cuisine, with a smattering of innovative cuisine. If you go…
Sep 15, 2013
THE POVERTY OF LACK OF TIME
THE POVERTY OF LACK OF TIME On a flight from Madrid to New York City sometimes ago, I sat next to a corporate type gentleman who began pounding away at…
Aug 15, 2013
INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, BE HAPPY AND BE HEALTHY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Looking at the habits of healthy and happy people, all over the world,…
Aug 15, 2013
CUBA IN MY HEART: AN INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT
CUBA IN MY HEART INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER AT TK ICP LOUNGE AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT American Indians say, Things happen for Reason. There are no coincidences, it is just we cannot understand…
Jul 15, 2013
LIFE WITHOUT LONGINGS OR REGRETS..FERTILE GROUND FOR HAPPINESS
Life should be without Longings and Regrets Once when I was a Junior Doctor at a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, I remember leaning on the wall to support myself, to…
Jun 15, 2013
LIFESTYLE CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF THE BODY: OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
INFLAMMATION AS THE COMMON PATHWAY TO CHRONIC DISEASES IN 2002, I was wandering around the streets of Johor Bahru, Malaysia when I came across books being sold at a Hindu…
Jun 15, 2013
INFORMATION IS THE NEW SOIL.. INFORMATION OVERLOAD VS INFORMATION ANALYSIS
INFORMATION OVERLOAD OR INFORMATION ANALYSIS Dedicated to people from whom I learned so much about the art of being a Physician Dr Howard Lessner Dr Julio Ferreiro Dr Eric Reiss…
Jun 15, 2013
PITY OR COMPASSION IS NOT LOVE
Walking around this latin american city, watching the empty shops, sad faces in the streets, I felt a sadness which can be due to a combination of emotions and as…
May 15, 2013
NESPRESSO IN BRUSSELS.. WHAT ELSE?
It is not often that I get excited about shops and boutiques, but I have to admire when someone takes something so quotidian such as Coffee and make it so…
Apr 15, 2013
OZONE THERAPY IN NORTHERN MEXICO: PIEDRAS NEGRAS and memories of CUBA
The breakfast was being prepared as I came back from my brisk morning walk. Machacada, which is sliced meat; and specially prepared Refried Beans for me (without pork portion, but…
Apr 15, 2013
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST IN SOUTH TEXAS: FROM INDIANS TO INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The alarm went off at 0600 AM, I had already packed my bags, so it was easy to be ready to leave…
Mar 15, 2013
EUROPEAN AUSSIE TOURISTS SEEN AS BEGGARS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE EUROPEAN/AMERICAN/AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS TO ASIA SEEN AS BEGGARS Last year an astonishing one billion (nearly one out six humans on this planet) took…
Jan 15, 2013
RITUALS AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LIMINALITY : JANUARY 2013
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE It was on the first few days of a fresh New Year in la Habana, when someone introduced me to Augusto Monterroso…