Feb 15, 2023
A MOST PLEASANT 14 FEBRUARY. DIA DE LA AMISTAD AS WE SAY IN CUBA. A DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
Today has turned out to be a very pleasant day.. I do not pay much attention to the Valentine's Day hype in the West but in Cuba this day is…
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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.
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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.
Feb 15, 2023
REMNANTS OF THE JEWISH MELLAH OF AZEMOUR , MAROC/MARRUECOS/MOROCCO
AZEMMOUR , city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. In the 15 th century Azemmour was a free city with 20,000 inhabitants, of whom 2,500 were Jews, mainly occupied as…
Jan 15, 2023
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR AND IGNORE THE LISTS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. .. CHUCK AWAY YOUR NEW YEAR LISTS, BUCKET LISTS ETC
One of the favourite pastimes in the western world is to predict the weather or repeat the drastic prediction made by slender, flimsily clad "certified meterologists" (whatever that is ).…
Dec 15, 2022
GOOD BYE 2022 A YEAR OF GRATITUDE LET US FORGET GENTLY THOSE WHO CANNOT LOVE US
SONATA WITH SOME PINE TREES BY PABLO NERUDA PABLO NERUDA: Sonata with Some Pine Trees In the half-sun of long days let us draw our tired bones together let us…
Dec 15, 2022
TRAVEL GUIDES/COMPANION NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING CITIES .. 2023
Anytime I see a List of places to visit in 2023 or something similar, I know those are the places to avoid. Yahoo Lists are hopeless written by people who…
Dec 15, 2022
IF WE APPRECIATE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE, OUR HAPPINESS WILL MAKE OTHERS HAPPY
My UmonHon Indian teacher, Pierre said to me, appropriately after I had hurried to the Clinic of the tribe, without much attention to the blue skies, and an eagle following…
Dec 15, 2022
WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROJECT IN LIFE, YOU AGE PREMATURELY AND DIE. .. VOCE E LINDA CAETANO VELOSO
I have always been fond of reading, the habit of looking through second hand bookstores and bouquinistes have followed me in my travels ..Powell's of Portland.. River Seine.. Tokyo.. Carlton…
Nov 15, 2022
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON IN KUALA LUMPUR. THE PLEASURES OF THE EXECUTIVE CLUB ON FLOOR 34
An elderly gentleman, kind and soft spoken with a son in Sydney who is an accountant took me from the airport to the hotel Double Tree by Hilton in Kuala…
Oct 15, 2022
THE LAST OF THE BUKHARAN JEWS TONIGHT BEGINS THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF SUKKOTH
I always had an interest in knowing the history of ancient jewish communities which for various reasons disappear over the course of time. Since the establishment of the Jewish State…
Aug 15, 2022
FROM CARHAIX TO CUBA : CASUALIDAD NO SON TAN CASUAL
Many years ago I remember seeing an CD with a lovely name : and enjoyed the music, Cubans and African musicians singing classic Cuban songs.. Today walking along the side…
Aug 15, 2022
SHABBAT SHALOM ESPECIALLY TO MY FRIENDS IN IRAN, MALAYSIA AND THE TURTLE ISLAND AS THE INDIANS CALL THEIR OCCUPIED COUNTRY
I was eager to light the candles tonight, as the sun sunk over a gorgeous horizon lit by the candle that is the Sun being passed over to the other…
Jul 15, 2022
WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED ANOTHER IS OPEN, SANG BOB MAREEY. THE SAGA OF MAQROLL AND CARAVANSARY
CARAVANSARY AT TABRIZ IRAN Eventhough we tend to associate Caravansary with the Silk Road and the Arab and Turkic traders, they were found in Iran hundreds of years earlier, during…
Jul 15, 2022
MAWLANA . HAFEZ. KHAYYAM. FOROUGH. SHAMLOU. AZLANI. MAKHMALBOUF, PANAAHI.. I AM SURROUNDED BY IRAN
The incredible tranquility of my home in Havana elevated me to a level of consciousness that i truly felt . Adding to those embers was my love for Iran.. directly…
Jul 15, 2022
SHABBAT SHALOM WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OTHER PEOPLE ?
After writing the title, I realized that I had used the word OTHER to describe the 99.8% of the world's population who are not JEWISH. Usually we are the perpetual…
Jun 15, 2022
HOMELESS BUT UPPER CLASS… AND THE SONG BY FARAMAZ ASLANI AND BABAK AMANI YAR WHEREVER I WENT I WAS HOMELESS
Many years ago, the astute physician of south D akota who was also my friend, Dr Jim K, came to visit me in MIami and he made an observation about…
Jun 15, 2022
EUPHORIA WHAT IS THE SOURCE
A euphoric mood is characterized by feelings of strong happiness, excitement, and well-being. It is an amplified sense of pleasure that can have a number of different causes. (from American…
May 15, 2022
IT IS THAT LOVELY TIME OF THE DAY .. SUNSET. PÔR DE SOL PUESTA DE SOL LE COUCHER DE SOLEIL LOVE TO MY FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD
In the last one month, I have been in France (Nantes, Quiberon) and in Madrid and then in Cochin and took the longest flight, Singapore to New York (18 hours…
May 15, 2022
MAQROLL EL GAVIERO JUDIO, YEHUDA K OF NO PERMANENT ADDRESS, THE LAST ONE SEAT 1 A FROM SINGAPORE TO JFK
When did Maqroll enter my life? When did Maqroll become me ? the always about to sink steamer Halcyon and the absent minded owner from the Levant Abdur Bashur and…