Sep 15, 2012
SHANAH TOVAH TO OUR BRETHREN IN IRAN
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SHANA TOVAH TO OUR BRETHREN IN IRAN This is the last Shabbat before the Jewish New Year 5773. I had two pieces…
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.
Sep 15, 2012
AUGUST A MONTH OF GOOD NEWS FROM NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A Good Month of News that warms the heart.. I left IAH on 1 August 2012 on Qatar Airways to DOHA and…
Sep 15, 2012
GOOD TO BE A CUBAN TODAY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE To His Excellency Pedro Monzon, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Commonwealth of Australia Dear Pedro: It is I, Sudha,…
Sep 15, 2012
EAT TO PLEASE YOUR MICROBES: THEY KNOW YOUR GENETIC ORIGINS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A good friend of mine from Kuala Lumpur sent me two articles from our mutual favourite magazine, The Economist. Both are on…
Sep 15, 2012
Mourning for a Good Person: FOMENKO and celebrating his life’s lessons
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE He did not try to adjust to new times, nor did he lament the effects of the Soviet collapse, but he stayed…
Sep 15, 2012
SOUTH EAST ASIA FEELS NATURALLY HOME
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ASEAN…a friendly and welcoming environment Ever since I became aware of travel, I have always tried to cover regions. The Pacific was…
Aug 15, 2012
LOOKING AT LA COTE SAUVAGE, THE WILD COAST OF QUIBERON AND THINKING OF MY INDONESIAN FRIENDS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LOOKING AT LA COTE SAUVAGE, THE WILD COAST OF QUIBERON AND THINKING OF INDONESIA Ever since leaving my friends, Pak Joe and…
Aug 15, 2012
LIFESTYLE CHANGES: LESSONS FROM INDONESIA AND FRANCE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LIFESTYLE CHANGES: LESSONS FROM FRANCE AND INDONESIA Currently Lifestyle changes as a remedy is being touted all over the world, in print…
Aug 15, 2012
AHMAD SHAMLOU..SHAME OF IMPOTENCE ARISING OUT OF OPPRESSION
I had begun this journey from the Reservation of Omaha Indians of North America, which took me, either on airlines or countries which were mostly Moslem: Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,…
Aug 15, 2012
ARROGANCE, A STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF THE MIND
Arrogance, a Structural Defect of the Mind KLEISHA Arrogance arises out of ignorance, and also from attachment, thus connected to other structural defects of our minds, and in addition to…
Aug 15, 2012
The Miracle By Lake Motivator Ofsentul
THE MIRACLE BY THE LAKE: THE MOTIVATOR OF SENTUL CITY, INDONESIA Mind/Body Exercise Programme Initiated by the Humble Boss of Bogor (see a previous blog about him) One hears very…
Aug 15, 2012
BREAKING THE FAST.. A JEW IN THE LAND OF THE MOSLEMS
BUKA BERSAMAN.. Exactly 44 hours after leaving the Blue House among the Indians, I walked out of the customs hall at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at CGK in Jakarta..Visa on…
Aug 15, 2012
IN PRAISE OF QATAR AIRWAYS
This was my first journey with Qatar Airways and I can assure you that it wont be the last. I am so very impressed with the service, the quality of…
Jul 15, 2012
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY? I was a pre-schooler, when my grandfather, olav ha shalom, came into the room with a bagful of sweets and said: these are…
Jul 15, 2012
MIRACLE IN THE LAND OF THE KICKAPOO, TEXAS AND MEXICO
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Miracle in the land of the Kickapoo A Night visit to the Quiet Barrio of the Kickapoo Reservation The night was unusually…
Jul 15, 2012
IT IS EASY TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH POORLY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A French academician once put it: English is a language that is relatively EASY to speak POORLY. A language so rich as…
Jul 15, 2012
TOLERANCE OF MINORITIES IN ISRAEL
Tolerance of Minorities in Israel The case of Circassians For some reason or other, I thought about the Circassians this morning while at the Blue House among the Indians I…
Jul 15, 2012
CONTEXT, BREAST CANCER, ARROGANCE, MINA AND MALAYSIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.” Recently I had been thinking about CONTEXT, in a phenomenological sense, but never…