Sep 15, 2016
MIAMI IS THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA
MIAMI THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA When he was 16, while hitchhiking in his native Chile, he was given a lift, Donde tu vas? Muchacho? said the…
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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, 2016
PESACH CAME A LITTLE EARLY THIS YEAR…. MIAMI FRIENDSHIP AND CONTENTMENT
When I left the Old Lisbon Restaurant in Coral Way in Miami today, I felt such a contentment. I was with my good friends M and W and their good…
Apr 15, 2016
LOVE AFFAIR WITH MIAMI CONTINUES
My itinerant life has few things that are stable.. Miami is an exception. It has been continuously present since I first came here as a student.. After the carnage last…
Mar 15, 2016
MIAMI TO HAVANA: FLIGHTS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT
On a recent transit at the Miami International Airport, I saw eight flights departing for Havana that morning!I had always imagined a miami-havana airbridge with hourly or half hourly flights…
Feb 15, 2016
MY LIFE OF FEAST AND FAMINE.. HAVANA IS THE MOVABLE FEAST..MIAMI INDIAN COUNTRY COCHIN FOR VARIOUS REASONS
I always look forward to going back to La Havana. Unbridled affections the chance to be yourself and spontaneous. I understand fully when a friend of mine, on his visit…
Jan 15, 2016
SWOON OVER MIAMI MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TROPICAL LANGUOR
SWOON OVER MIAMI: LOVE AFFAIR WITH TROPICAL TORPOR CONTINUES. 2016 Just a few days ago, I said a symbolic good bye to Europe. It is symbolic rather than pedantic, as…
Jan 15, 2016
REMEMBERING CHARLIE HEBDO JANUARY 7TH IN MIAMI SENTIMENTS OF A JEWISH TRAVELER
During the years I lived in Europe, I had to tragically witness three terrorist attacks, two of them involving mainly Jews and the last one in November 2015 of the…
Jun 15, 2015
LOOKING FORWARD TO MIAMI: BRUSSELS TO MIAMI VIA LONDON JOHANNESBURG ABUDHABI AND SAO PAOLO
LOOKING FORWARD TO MIAMI: BRUSSELS TO MIAMI VIA LONDON JOHANNESBURG ABUDHABI AND SAO PAOLO I have had a long standing love affair with Miami and it is that city in…
Apr 15, 2015
CUBANS IN MIAMI THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FACING THE OLDER IMMIGRANTS
On entering the Admirals Club at gate 30 at concourse D at Miami International airport, I was greeted by a smile, which I immediately knew to be Cuban! From San…
Apr 15, 2015
WARM, FRIENDLY, GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SEDER IN MIAMI
Just a few days ago I was in Fort Cochin, was wondering where I would spend the first night of Pesach! No invitation was forthcoming from Portland, Oregon so I…
Feb 15, 2015
FRIENDSHIPS IN MIAMI
Who else do you need in Miami, asked my sister, you have me and my husband and also your good friends M and G and all of us like to…
Oct 15, 2014
SUPERMODERNITY AND TRADITION IN ONE DAY : MIAMI TO THE INDIAN RESERVATION IN ONE DAY
SUPERMODERNITY AND TRADITION IN ONE DAY MIAMI TO THE OMAHA INDIAN RESERVATION. Hey, Doc, said my Omaha Indian teacher, I don't know where Belgium is, but it does not matter,…
Oct 15, 2014
WHEN EXOTIC BECOMES EXTORTION: INDIAN FOOD IN MIAMI
WHEN EXOTIQUE BECOMES EXTORTION :INDIAN FOOD IN MIAMI Indian Cuisine is an oxymoron, unless of course it is a compilation of numerous cuisines found all over India. Indian cuisine was…
Aug 15, 2014
HOW TO EAT WELL IN MIAMI.. FRIENDS, FAMILY AND TASTE IN FOOD AND WINE
When you think of Dining Spots around the world, or Dining in general, the every day food of America does not come to mind. Visitors to this country are amazed…
Mar 15, 2014
INDONESIA IN MIAMI
INDONESIA IN MIAMI if you are a resident of a vacation spot, you tend to get a lot of visitors, which was the case when I was a resident of…
Dec 15, 2013
MIAMI THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY
Miami holds the distinction, unique in this planet, of having the largest number of inhabitants born outside the USA! So unless one is fairly young, you can assume that the…
Dec 15, 2013
SPIRITUALITY: LETTER TO A JEWISH FRIEND IN MIAMI
Thoughts on Spirituality I have thought about it for long. One thing I can tell you what it is not: Rituals and Dogma like you mentioned in your email of…
Sep 15, 2013
MAY YOU BE INSCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE IN MIAMI, COCHIN, KINGSTON, MONTEVIDEO, RANGOON, MELBOURNE, LA HABANA..LA SHANAH TOVAH 5774
Today is the First Day of September 2013 and in a few days time we would welcome the Jewish New Year. I hope to be in Brussels on Rosh Hashanah…