Jan 15, 2025
Walker Evans and My Luck with Barbers
A reflection moving from Walker Evans to barbers, photography, human dignity, and fortunate encounters.
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.
Aug 15, 2024
Gran Hotel: Mérida’s Oldest Still-Functioning Hotel
A travel note on Mérida’s Gran Hotel, history, architecture, and the people who passed through its rooms.
Aug 15, 2024
A Note to Migrants: Which English-Speaking Country Is the Healthiest?
A note for migrants and health professionals considering where population health and wellbeing are strongest.
Aug 15, 2024
It Took Me a While to Fall in Love with Paris
A multilingual reflection on Paris, delayed affection, and the gradual education of attention.
Jul 15, 2024
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO COMPASSION IN THIS WORLD WHETHER USA OR IRAN OR CUBA OR SUDAN OR YEMEN OR BANGLADESH ETC
This land used to be the city and dwelling place of compassionate companions. When did compassion come to its end? What has happened to all the rulers of the land?…
Jul 15, 2024
we need more social capital in all the countries .. life goes forward and not backwards
This land used to be the city and dwelling place of compassionate companions. When did compassion come to its end? What has happened to all the rulers of the land?…
Jul 15, 2024
ARDALAN SARAFAZ THE SONG SOUVENIR SOGHATI HAYEDE SHAKILA YASMIN LEVY
On a recent Moment Story, I misattributed a quote to Molana. When you are coming, the sound of your footsteps comes from all roads It is not like it's coming…
Jul 15, 2024
AN INTERACTION IN MIAMI.. CUBANS IN THE ISLAND OF CUBA ARE WELL AWARE OF HEALTH AND PHYSIOLOGY
I had gone to pick up my luggage at the Rimowa Store in Miami Design District. The attendant at the Valet parking station was a Cuban, who had arrived in…
Feb 15, 2024
OH POBRE AMERICANOS, COME TO MEXICO. THE FOOD IS BETTER SO IS THE SPECIALIST MEDICAL CARE . MORE COMPASSIONATE
Oh, unlucky American patients-so close to good personal medical attention in Mexico and yet so far from a holistic approach. Just about a month ago, I returned to the Ticuna…
Feb 15, 2024
Navigating the Spiritual Terrain and Cultural Landscapes of Leticia: A Journey Beyond the Ordinary. Spanish translation at the end
Navigating the Spiritual Terrain and Cultural Landscapes of Leticia: A Journey Beyond the Ordinary In the heart of the Amazonian enclave of Leticia, I encountered a moment of profound introspection…
Feb 15, 2024
VIPASSANA SENSATION IN LETICIA IN COLOMBIAN AMAZON
Yesterday I had a very strange sensation in the amazonian town of Leticia. Perhaps it was the reason I had travelled there ? It seemed , or was it a…
Feb 15, 2024
BEST CITIES TO LIVE
I have been fortunate to travel a bit in my life, I have always wanted to travel ever since I was a boy! Which country is your favourite, people ask?…
Jan 15, 2024
I AM AN AUSTRALIAN JEW AND I LOVE MOROCCO
I AM AN AUSTRALIAN JEW AND I LOVE MOROCCO Jews have been present in Morocco for at least 2000 years and lived with the native Amazigh (Berber) people . There…
Jan 15, 2024
COINCIDENCES ARE NOT CASUAL, WE JUST ARE NOT SMART TO UNDERSTAND THEM. LAKOTA INDIAN WISDOM
Yesterday I had a very strange sensation in the amazonian town of Leticia. Perhaps it was the reason I had travelled there ? It seemed , or was it a…
Dec 15, 2023
36 HOURS IN PARIS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/22/travel/things-to-do-paris.html PARIS is a small city, you can walk from one end to the other .. most importantly it is the city of love and light so come here, with…
Dec 15, 2023
WELCOME 2024
Good Bye 2023. Welcome 2024 A nice bottle of wine from France Extremely healthy meal prepared by a friend A stimulating conversation with friends As the night began getting chilly…
Dec 15, 2023
THE NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON
A friend wrote to say that she was reading the book The Night train to Lisbon. Something inside my brain was touched and I checked out the information on this…
Sep 15, 2023
I AM IN THE MOOD FOR YOM KIPPUR TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
HAPPY SPRING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH OF MEHR IN IRAN AND ALSO The Mehregan Festival, or the Persian Festival of Autumn, is an ancient celebration…