Dec 15, 2012
I AM GOING TO BOGOR TO EXERCISE!
I had received a letter from my good friend, the humble man of Bogor, Pak Joe. He wanted me to come to Indonesia, and prepare and present with him a…
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.
Dec 15, 2012
A CUBAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A CUBAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT I am catching a flight to MIA today via FRA. Arriving just one our before…
Dec 15, 2012
EATING OUT IN MIAMI : COMPANY IS USUALLY BETTER THAN THE FOOD
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE An Evening Out Dining in Miami We are in the habit of lamenting the disappearing scene of restaurants, we get attached to…
Nov 15, 2012
YOGIC PHILOSOPHY IN CECILIA MEIRELES POETRY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE YOGIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE POETRY OF CECILIA MEIRELES The Young poet of Cote Sauvage, one day said to me: The waves are…
Nov 15, 2012
POOR IN BRAZIL HAVE BETTER DIABETES CARE THAN THE RICH IN USA
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I have never been a great fan of “Guidelines” issued by Professional Medical Bodies, especially for Chronic Diseases where a substantial…
Nov 15, 2012
MALAYSIA IN CUBA, THANK YOU AMBASSADOR JOJIE SAMUEL
MALAYSIA IN CUBA I have been very lucky to meet some excellent people in Malaysia, the best among them being MCY whom I had met serendipitously in 2008. She introduced…
Nov 15, 2012
HAVANA TO MIAMI: IN 39 MINUTES YOU CAN BE IN ANOTHER PLANET
AA 9471 HAV-MIA 39 Minutes 15 minutes after leaving Havana, our aircraft was already over the Marathon Bridge, by 30 minutes we had entered the Everglades National park, descending into…
Oct 15, 2012
You Will Meet WAKONDA on the road..
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE It was a crispy cold late afternoon, not that biting cold of the wind from the Antarctica but the caressing kind of…
Oct 15, 2012
CONVIVIALITY… BRANDS.. AND FRIENDSHIP.. ENJOY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE KNOW YOUR BRAND.. Yellow Tail is without doubt the most popular Australian brand of wine known in the USA and UK.. But…
Oct 15, 2012
PRAYERS FOR SISTER JACKIE AND MAMMIG: THANK YOU TO DR WANG AND IGR, VILLEJUIF
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Praying for Sister Jackie and Mammig and offering gratitude to Dr Wang, Miami and IGR at Villejuif, Paris The outside temperature is…
Oct 15, 2012
Kaddish for Sen. George McGovern 1922-2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE KADDISH FOR SENATOR GEORGE MCGOVERN Once on my way to the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota, I was excited to see…
Oct 15, 2012
COINCIDENCES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM: LAWRENCE ROWE OF JAMAICA
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE COINCIDENCE DOES NOT EXIST YOU MAY MEET LAWRENCE ROWE ON THE ROAD A friend of mine was going down to Barbados…
Oct 15, 2012
The Jewish Nobel Prize Winners
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE JEWISH NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS This week is a week of pride for Jews who take pride in being Jews. As each…
Oct 15, 2012
WARM WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES..BUT THE FRIENDS CAME FROM MEXICO, BIENVENIDOS Y GRACIAS
After a short stop in Houston, arrived at San Antonio Airport, 11 hours from Paris to Houston and a short 40 minutes from Houston to San Antonio. My friends were…
Oct 15, 2012
2.10.12 PALINDROME MALAYALAM
If I had not any connections with Cochin in India, I might not have known early enough what a Palindrome was nor heard of the language of the region, Malayalam,…
Sep 15, 2012
MINDFULNESS AND THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR: PAK JOE
Today is September 28 th , 2012 I have just finished reading an interesting book by Murakami Haruki: What do I think when I am Running. It has very little…
Sep 15, 2012
COMPASSION IS SPIRITUALITY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Compassion is a path to spirituality whereas being religious may not be, when ideologies may serve various masters, and not necessarily…
Sep 15, 2012
If you are tired of the BRITISH MUSEUM, your curiosity has fallen dormant
The rain had been falling, as forecast and when it seemed to stop, i bought an umbrella and walked towards the British Museum. Many of the streets are familiar or…