May 15, 2019
AS TIME GOES BY….. EVENINGS AT THE MALECON IN HAVANA CUBA
I feel so content walking along the Malecon just one block from my flat. Feel so free, so free of any thoughts that are binding you to any other place…
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.
May 15, 2019
REMEMBERING ERIC HOBSWAM…. HOW TO BE LOYAL TO AN IDEA ..IN MY CASE TO CUBA
I became aware of Eric Hobsbawm, while preparing to give a series of lectures at the University of Havana. I had just his book: The Age of Extremes. I love…
Feb 15, 2019
BIENVENIDOS A MIAMI . CAPITAL OF CUBAN CRIME SYNDICATES
Mugshots of people arrested for being associated with rings of stolen credit-card numbers, most from Florida: Yaiser Herrera Gargallo, Juan Carlos Febles, José Castillo Febles, Taise Braganca, Claudio Fontes Ferreira,…
Jan 15, 2019
IN SEARCH OF CUBAN COFFEE IN KEY LARGO FLORIDA KEYS
I was visiting some friends who live by the water in Key Largo, an hour and a bit drive from Miami. They suggested that we visit some places near by…
Jan 15, 2019
I AM DOING MY LITTLE BIT FOR CUBA
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Oct 15, 2018
FALLING IN LOVE WITH CUBA
People fall in love with Cubans, Cubanas or Cubanos, pero, but you have fallen in love with Cuba! said my Cuban mother many years ago. Occasionally in the olden days,…
Sep 15, 2018
24 HOURS IN LA HABANA, CUBA EVERYONE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HAVANA AND CUBA
How wonderful it is to be back in La Habana, Cuba. I can proudly say and feel, I live in Havana, Cuba. I will upload pictures of my first 24…
Aug 15, 2018
THE EUPHORIA OF LIVING IN HAVANA, CUBA
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Aug 15, 2018
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF ONE PESO NOTE FROM CUBA
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Jul 15, 2018
THE INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCE OF BEING CUBAN
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Jun 15, 2018
DR MAHATHIR AND THE NEW MALAYSIA BUT CUBAN-MALAYSIAN FRIENDSHIP REMAINS THE SAE
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Apr 15, 2018
CUBANS WANT CAPITALISM AND THE AMERICANS WANT DEMOCRACY: NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
The pundits on this side of the Gulf pontificate about democracy in the island of Cuba, make grandiose pronouncements (remember, The Final Hour of Castro, a book published in the…
Mar 15, 2018
CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE UND A BEEZL MITZVAH
0 0 1 422 2410 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 20 5 2827 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE Because of my long…
Mar 15, 2018
SOCIETAL TRAUMA AND HEALTH: RECESSION OF 2008 IN USA , SPECIAL PERIOD OF CUBA AND KHMER ROUGE AND DIABETES IN CAMBODIA
0 0 1 393 2242 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 18 5 2630 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Great Recession worsened blood pressure and…
Mar 15, 2018
LAMENTO SOCIALISTA OF THE CUBANS IN CUBA
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Feb 15, 2018
CUBA IS NEVER FAR AWAY IN COCHIN
When I tell people in this town that I live in Havana, Cuba, a smile of recognition cover their faces. Che Castro Cuba are in the mind sets of most…
Dec 15, 2017
A CUBAN FILM FESTIVAL IN FORT COCHIN? IT IS POSSIBLE
I am staying at the Old Lighthouse Bristow Bungalow Hotel facing the Arabian Sea. The rhythmic dance of the waves lulled me into a lethargic state but I decided walk…
Dec 15, 2017
COFFEE HAS NUMEROUS BENEFITS SAYS BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, BUT WE ALREADY KNEW THAT IN CUBA
Coffee's Numerous Health Benefits Detailed in New Analysis By Amy Orciari Herman Coffee consumption - in particular, several cups daily - is associated with a wide range of health benefits,…