Apr 15, 2019
WONDERFUL TIME IN HAVANA . THE MAGIC NEVER ENDS
I have been travelling for a few weeks since my departure from Havana and which took me to various continents, so this visit was special to be able to enjoy…
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.
Mar 15, 2019
TOP 10 OR MOST POPULAR PLACES TO VISIT . AVOID THEM
WHENEVER I SEE A HEADLINES IN A BLOG OR TRAVEL MAGAZINE Top 10 Travel Destinations In The World For 2019, According To TripAdvisor I quickly make a mental note to…
Mar 15, 2019
A WEEKEND IN MIAMI TO REST AFTER A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP
I had left my dual homes of Miami and Havana at the end of January for a trip that took me to a lot of places Brussels London Easter Island…
Mar 15, 2019
A DELIGHTFUL VISIT TO MYANMAR TO END MY TWO MONTH LONG JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
I am sitting at the Mingalar Sky Lounge at the Mingaladon Rangoon RGN Yangon Myanmar International Airport. For the past three months, I have been on the road and this…
Feb 15, 2019
FATTEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
I just wrote a post about healthiest countries on earth and was happy to find that I was associated with many of them. Then I decided to look for the…
Feb 15, 2019
THE NEW ICON . FRIDA KAHLO
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Feb 15, 2019
EASTER ISLAND TO PALERMO IN BUENOS AIRES AND A MATE HABIT IS BORN
Under a very hot sun, with only a slight breeze from the oceanfront just a few feet away, my good sister-friend from Rapa Nui and I were looking at the…
Jan 15, 2019
MICROBIOME AND KIDNEY AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
I was requested to present an Introduction to Microbiome and its effect upon (or vice versa) on the Kidney diseases at a health fair being held at a tribal auditorium…
Oct 15, 2018
A VISIT TO KEY LARGO SO CLOSE TO MIAMI AND SO FAR AWAY FROM ITS UGLINESS
My visits to Miami are very short, and the places that I visit are usually the same, without taking time to visit other parts in Miami or near Miami. I…
Oct 15, 2018
HAPPINESS IN HAVANA FOOD OR FRIENDS OR FAVOURITES
Normally my friend and taxista, Yodel, picks me up in a 1958 Chevrolet. This time he surprised me on this very well kempt 1949 Oldsmobile.. remainders/reminders of a glory past..…
Sep 15, 2018
NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE MUSIC AND BLOOD PRESSURE
There is a variety of reasons why people get high blood pressure HBP. The history of 130/80 as the normal (which was revised in 2017 to 120/80 as being the…
Sep 15, 2018
GOOD WISHES FOR A PROSPEROUS AND CONTENT 5779
GREETINGS FROM ISRAEL. SHANAH TOVAH TIKKETEVU. It is so nice, my first ever time, that I am in the Land of Israel for the Jewish New Year I came across…
Aug 15, 2018
EGO THE CONTROLLER OF OUR AVERSIONS AND ATTACHMENTS AND DESIRES
I still remember that evening very clearly, at the restaurants just across the International bridge from Eagle Pass, Texas..perhaps its name was El Modelo? in Piedras Negras in Coahuila, Mexico..…
Jul 15, 2018
HOW TO BE A MEANINGFUL FREQUENT FLIER, LEAVING NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS BEHIND
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Jul 15, 2018
HOW THE CHINESE AMERICAN FOOD TURNED ME INTO A PESCO-VEGETARIAN!
0 0 1 638 3637 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 30 8 4267 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE --> My sister telephoned to invite me…
May 15, 2018
Welcome To United States Most Open
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES, THE MOST OPEN MINDED AND MOST DIVERSE COUNTRY ON EARTH Just yesterday they announced the 10 finalists for the National Geography Bee sponsored by the…
Apr 15, 2018
CUBANS WANT CAPITALISM AND THE AMERICANS WANT DEMOCRACY: NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
The pundits on this side of the Gulf pontificate about democracy in the island of Cuba, make grandiose pronouncements (remember, The Final Hour of Castro, a book published in the…
Dec 15, 2017
NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND UPPER PENINSULA: BEAUTY WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE PEOPLE
In recent months, I have met people with whom I immediately clicked, they are such good representations of the North American generosity, open mindedness and kindness. It was even amazing…