Jun 15, 2009
Shabbat Shalom and Kaddish for Cecil Helman
Shabbat Shalom from San Cristobal de la Habana 26 th June 2009 I have missed lighting the shabbat candles, this past Friday I was at a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska;…
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.
Jun 15, 2009
Nothing is predictable in La Habana
The last day in Havana. 26 th June 2009 Where was I on 26 th May? Where would I be on 26 th July? When you are in Havana, you…
Jun 15, 2009
Por que yo soy revolucionario/a?
Day 3 La Habana Diaries 23 June 2009 I will tell you why I am a revolutionary I was sitting in a verandah of a colonial house lined with plants,…
Jun 15, 2009
About the Five Good Friends I had come to see
Day 3 in Havana. Early Morning. As usual, another night of deep sleep. During the week with the Indians, the sleep was so disturbed, waking up at 2 am and…
Jun 15, 2009
Vedado, mi barrio de la Habana
Monday Afternoon, Day 2 in La Habana. 22 June 2009 Is today the Equinox? Whatever day it is, it s a hot day here in La habana. Only people who…
Jun 15, 2009
Thinking about my Brothers Yitzhak and Eliyahu…
Cuba Narrative 2 Today is 22 nd June 2009 On June 14 th 2005, I was in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Hanoi, having requested the receptionist to…
Jun 15, 2009
People come here to fall in love over and over again..
It is not that often in Cuba that I get to converse with tourists who are here for a short while. Every one loves Cuba and the three Spaniards I…
Jun 15, 2009
What would Life be like in the Moveable Feast which was mine for Years
I am sitting at the Lounge at the Houston Airport. I am on my way to Miami and then on to La Habana. I am looking forward to being back…
Jun 15, 2009
A Quiet Sunday afternoon at an Indian Reservation
It is very pleasant, this solitude, being alone in the house, surrounded by silence and all windows open and it is verdant all around, with large trees standing guard. sundays…
Jun 15, 2009
Dont attend too many Educational Conferences..it might not do you any Good!
Incessant Attendances at Conferences and Lack of Knowledge Accrual I am a Consultant Endocrinologist to some small Clinics at the Indian Health Services of the United States Public Health System…
Jun 15, 2009
ALTRUISM Give of yourself till it hurts!
True Giving Altruism is giving that which you cannot afford, said my father, once upon a time. I was with an UmonHon Indian friend of mine, at the parking lot…
May 15, 2009
MAY 2009 A WONDERFUL MONTH OF TRAVELS
It began with the Continental Airlines upgrading me to B/F on their flight from Houston to Paris, as I had missed their connection to New York. I didn’t mind staying…
May 15, 2009
You Listen Carefully, You will learn..say the Indians
I asked an Indian lady, whom I respect as an Educator among her people. Do you at times feel you are living in two different worlds? I was thinking of…
May 15, 2009
Life is a long vacation with intervals of work
The Pleasant Long Commute to work among the Los Indios.. How often do you begin your journey to work with a glass of French Champagne? I was inside the Air…
May 15, 2009
To Myanmar with Love.. Indeed
An Unusual Tale of Love in the time of Cyclones, Monks and Masters Myanmar is a mysterious country. Politically speaking, which I rather not do, it has been stuck in…
May 15, 2009
Magical Days in Malaysia.. becoming my third Home
Meeting with Remarkable People Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yangon/Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma This was a short visit: A Friendship visit, with the possibility of meeting up with a professor of Diabetes in Yangon…
May 15, 2009
The Humble Man from Pahang
The Humble Man from Pahang The reason I came across this wonderful Malaysian Man was that he had been twice to Cuba on behalf of his government and this gave…
May 15, 2009
Ah Minha Terra Cognita.. First Full Day in Malaisie..
Ah Minha Terra Cognita… If you can manage your sleep, you can enjoy your life even more.. Who sleeps more per day do you think? The French or the Japanese?…