Apr 15, 2020
THE AFTERNOON RAIN IN THE TROPICS
Miami is the only part of the Continental USA that can be called Tropical. and the rain here is truly a show of strength and power and fury and then…
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.
Apr 15, 2020
ISRAELI INNOVATIONS HERE TO STAY: A BOON TO ISOLATED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
The world-wide shut down has been observed to various degrees in different parts of the world. Israel was one of the first countries to shut down its borders, impose lockdown.…
Apr 15, 2020
MY HEART IS BROKEN OVER THE PLIGHT OF THE INDIANS OF THE AMAZONIA AT THIS DIFFICULT TIMES
Para escapar do coronavírus, Yanomami se refugiam no interior da Floresta To escape the Coronavirus, Yanomami take refuge in the Interior of the Forest My Heart is Broken tonight It…
Apr 15, 2020
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION IN MIAMI …
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION ? NO ANXIETY NO FEAR BUT SHEER JOY OF FRIENDS FROM NEAR AND FAR. 30 APRIL 2020 IN MIAMI WHICH IS UNDER LOCKDOWN The…
Apr 15, 2020
IN WHICH COUNTRY WOULD YOU BE THE SAFEST DURING THIS EPIDEMIC… LIST BY THEIR EFFORT AND RESULTS
THE USA is ranked at Number 70.. I applaud ISRAEL for its efforts and early containment. Both Germany and Austria did well. so did Australia and New Zealand. Kudos to…
Apr 15, 2020
LIMBO VS LIMINALITY. THE METAPHOR FOR OUR PLANET
Limbo vs Liminality These two words have tremendous significance and relevance in the situation we are going through and the state of our societies even before the calamities stepped in…
Mar 15, 2020
TWO WOMEN FROM IRAN. WHO REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS?
Iran has faced nothing but crises since November 2019, which included killing of about a thousand people, the killing of Soleimani in Bagdad, downing of the Ukrainian passenger flight with…
Mar 15, 2020
WHEN THE MULLAH CATS ARE OUT, THE OPPRESSED MICE WILL PLAY
The entire world is concerned and occasionally in panic about the Coronavirus that is now rapidly spreading around the world. The panic is fuelled by Media, Public and Social and…
Mar 15, 2020
IT WAS 11 30 PM IN MIAMI AND I WAS LISTENING TO A FRENCH SONG
Certain songs push you over the ridge of nostalgia or to be perfectly correct, Saudade, and a sweet tender feeling comes over, envelopes you like a satin sheet and someone…
Mar 15, 2020
JE VOUDRAIS BIEN. THE ENGLISH LYRICS
If only I could If only I could have you... but I can't help but wait. Time flies, I don't know anymore, you're not there. If only I could have…
Mar 15, 2020
IT IS ALL PROHIBITED… PERHAPS THE REASON FOR THE CORONA VIRUS
My love for Iran has morphed into a passion for the welfare of its people and also an admiration of those Iranians I have met during my travels. Today I…
Mar 15, 2020
DONT JUDGE THE PROFICIENCY OF A LANGUAGE SPEAKER BY HIS OR HER ACCENT
I have always been interested in languages. I am not sure what language was the one I first heard or understood but study of languages (more cultural anthropological rather than…
Mar 15, 2020
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS EUPHORIA?
What is the origin of this EUPHORIA? It originated somewhere else, but came seeking me .. And I was listening to Alex Fox from Argentina playing his Spanish Guitar I…
Mar 15, 2020
ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD AND THE BRASIL PARADOX..THE CAUSE OF RISING OBESITY AROUND THE WORLD
The concept of UPFs was born in the early years of this millennium when a Brazilian scientist called Carlos Monteiro noticed a paradox. People appeared to be buying less sugar,…
Mar 15, 2020
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA
I am in the USA at the moment and the Corona virus has caused a panic in like many parts of the world. While they claim that they are doing…
Mar 15, 2020
BEDLAM IN USA BUT CALM MINDFUL NIGHT IN MIAMI
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
Mar 15, 2020
IBURPROFEN IN THE TIME OF CORONA
France along with Spain and Italy has larger share of Coronavirus in Europe. In France, as of this writing, there are over 5000 cases, with more than 125 deaths and…
Mar 15, 2020
WHERE DOES WORK END AND LIFE BEGIN ? REFLECTIONS ON UNCERTAIN TIMES
I was a young boy when I across this saying in one of the journals that arrived once a month: Life is a long holiday with Intervals of work. I…