Jul 15, 2020
POETRY ARRIVES IN THE MORNING, ONE DOES NOT ASK FOR ITS SOURCE
In the past couple of mornings, soon after I wake up in Miami, Poetry has arrived, carried by the winds from the East. To thank the winds, I searched out…
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.
Jul 15, 2020
RIGHT BEFORE THE MORNING LIGHT. CREEPS SOFT UPON THE SILL…
Sandman Kirsty McGee Right before you close your eyes Whispering yours prayers When the sandman blows your eyes I'll be there When you wake up in the night Sounds the…
Jul 15, 2020
READING SHAMLOU IN MIAMI IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES ..
I think of Ahmad Shamlou in the same manner I think of Pablo Neruda of Chile and Pramoedya Ananta Toer of Indonesia . All suffered for their beliefs. But they…
Jul 15, 2020
LA BELLE DAME SANS REGRETS. NOTHING TO LOSE WHEN YOU CAN DANCE AND HAVE THE MUSIC TO DO SO
Tropics are like hammocks for lovers, was it Anais Nin (French-Cuban) who said that when she and Arthur Miller were lovers in Paris ? There is a word in English…
Jul 15, 2020
POLITICANS AND OPPRESSORS SHOULD NOT USE THE WORD. FREEDOM AND WE SHOULD NOT LOVE WITHOUT LOVE
I am reminded Who taught me this poem, I cannot remember Was the poet laureate of Baracoa, the one who walks with a grin as big as a begonia? I…
Jul 15, 2020
IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING HIDDEN INSIDE THEM
I have a friend in Dali City, Yunnan. The scenery is nothing like what we associate with China with its industries, crowded cities and glittering lights. Tranquil mountains, streams and…
Jul 15, 2020
THE BIG TECH BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU ….
We are living through a strange ? period of time, a difficult ? period of time, or profitable? period of time? I suppose it depends who do you ask .…
Jul 15, 2020
Good bye Queen of the skies. She still calls Australia home
Even though I have not returned to Australia after my two trips in 2008, I keep abreast of what is happening in Australia. I am grateful for the enormous influence…
Jun 15, 2020
NOT YET READY TO FLY MY FAVOURITE AIRLINE. QATAR AIRWAYS
I was looking through some of my blogs about the multiple journies on Qatar Airways, my favourite airline. I was feeling nostalgic for the lack of QR in my life…
Jun 15, 2020
THE FIRST DAY OF THE END OF SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR ME , IN MIAMI
For me, today is the day, the social isolation in Miami which I had gleefully accepted, stopped. Lovely day to walk around the Botanic Gardens which had been part of…
Jun 15, 2020
MIGRATION AND LIFE NEW OUTLOOK AT THE POST CORONA TIMES
MIGRATION THROUGH LIFE A threat to the Planet as well as at an individual level is/has been present over the past three months. We have become open to the sufferings…
Jun 15, 2020
WHO YOU ARE IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU ARE
On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what…
Jun 15, 2020
A SPECIAL SHABBAT SHALOM FROM MIAMI
The Sun has set in Miami, the three stars have appeared, bursting through the still blue skies. Today is a special welcome to the Shabbat I prepare to light the…
Jun 15, 2020
WHY IS THAT CUBAN MEDICAL MAGNANIMITY NOT COVERED BY THE MEDIA ?
Cuba sends medical brigades to Kuwait and Guinea Conakry It makes the other countries feel SMALL that they are not WILLING to help poor countries and also countries in need…
Jun 15, 2020
AFTER TEN WEEKS OF HOME ISOLATION, THE FIRST BREATH OF NATURE MIAMI
THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF DR. FAIRCHILD I had read two about and by him and had visited many of the places he had been and thought of the time he…
Jun 15, 2020
REDISCOVERING BRASILIAN MUSIC
BRASIL has always been in my mind’s horizon. I have been lucky to see a small part of this immensely diverse country, from the Argentina border at Foz do Iguassu…
Jun 15, 2020
A SWEET STORY FROM VIETNAM, A SHORT FILM
The days have now established their own rhythm; each day is something new, unexpected words and messages arrive and mind and heart is always ready to help. This morning my…
Jun 15, 2020
Beware of NUTRITION scams on the Social Media
It usually begins with a man and occasionally a woman, well dressed and well kempt, wearing surgical scrubs or a white coat with something like. DR…. embroidered on to it.…