Mar 15, 2016
A LONELY JEW IN LONDON
A LONELY JEW IN LONDON My first long term visit out of Australia, as a Jew and a teenager was to Sweden. Coming from a traditional Jewish community in Melbourne,…
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.
Mar 15, 2016
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON IN KUALA LUMPUR: MY HOME IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
The idea of a "home" has always a vague idea to me, but because of my wanderings, the question where my home is ? is a frequent question I have…
Mar 15, 2016
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES IN MALACCA: LE YIN AND AMIN
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES IN MALACCA: LE YIN AND AMIN I have been a frequent visitor to Malacca, the historic town in the peninsular Malaysia which has a parallel history to Fort…
Mar 15, 2016
The HON CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO FORT COCHIN
Nowhere in India, one could possibly say, that the local population aware of Cuba as much as they are in Kerala and especially in Fort Cochin with its well aware,…
Mar 15, 2016
CUBA IS THE FUTURE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND PERHAPS THE WORLD
CUBA IS THE FUTURE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND PERHAPS THE WORLD On my way out of Cuba, from La Habana, on COPA airlines flight to Panama, I wanted to overcome…
Mar 15, 2016
GENETIC FOOD OF THE ORIENTAL JEWS
Much new information is coming out, the latest research on individualizing your nutrition to suit your microbiome comes from Israel, to confirm what American Indians have always believed in: Food…
Mar 15, 2016
ALIYAH TO AMERICA.. thoughts after Brussels massacre
From a personal point of view, these past few days have not been the best of days. I had a most wonderful time in the past few weeks: American Indians,…
Feb 15, 2016
FORT COCHIN A SPIRITUAL HOME
FORT COCHIN, A SPIRITUAL HOME Even though Fort Cochin cannot give me the exhilaration of walking along the streets of my neighbourhood of Vedado, in La Habana, it has given…
Feb 15, 2016
FORT COCHIN A SUMPTUOUS FEAST FOR THE MIND BODY AND THE SOUL
FORT COCHIN A SUMPTUOUS FEAST FOR THE MIND, BODY AND THE SOUL. ONE DAY IN FEBRUARY My choices of places to stay at Fort Cochin are the Old Lighthouse Bristow…
Feb 15, 2016
PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND THE ARTIST: YOU MEET THOSE YOU NEED TO MEET
DOCTOR AND THE ARTIST YOU MEET THOSE YOU NEED TO MEET Stop looking for them! admonished my Meskwakia teacher, “dr” Brown. You don’t need to search, they will cross your…
Jan 15, 2016
SWOON OVER MIAMI MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TROPICAL LANGUOR
SWOON OVER MIAMI: LOVE AFFAIR WITH TROPICAL TORPOR CONTINUES. 2016 Just a few days ago, I said a symbolic good bye to Europe. It is symbolic rather than pedantic, as…
Jan 15, 2016
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES OF 2016 WELCOME TO CUBA
Life is not about the regrets about the PAST nor about the anxieties of the FUTURE. As I sit here at the Admirals Club at Heathrow Airport in London, I…
Jan 15, 2016
IF YOU WISH TO BE HAPPY PRACTICE COMPASSION, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY PRACTICE COMPASSION
Yesterday I was watching a TED talk video from the director of the Harvard Project , which had followed a cohort of people in Boston, including Harvard College students 1938,…
Jan 15, 2016
FOOD AS CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE
FOOD AS A CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE. When you are working with the American Indians, one becomes aware of the superficial and deep symbolism attached to…
Dec 15, 2015
YVES BERTHOU AND PRANAYAMA: AN ANTHROPOLOGIST IN BRITTANY, FRANCE
YVES BERTHOU AND PRANAYAMA Most people in the west are now aware of the Yogic Breathing, Pranayama, which is used for relaxation as well as treatment for some of the…
Dec 15, 2015
CUBAN DEFECTORS VERSUS CUBAN BENEFACTORS: WHY THE AMERICANS FASCINATED WITH THE DEFECTORS
The diplomatic relationship between Cuba and USA are getting better by the day and the majority of the Cubans are happy with this outcome. This thaw also has created a…
Dec 15, 2015
AN UMONHON NOZHITHI’A EN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
Little Mr D whom I met for the first time, is the son of Mitexi, my niece in the UmonHon Tradition. Olympia, the capital of the State of Washington is…
Dec 15, 2015
FRACTURED MEDICAL CARE IN TIME OF ARROGANCE OF BIOMEDICINE
FRACTURED MEDICAL CARE IN THE TIME OF TECHNOLOGY There is a shortage of Primary Care Providers so the burden has been shared with not so well prepared Doctor’s Assistant and…