Mar 15, 2021
CELEBRATION OF PESACH DURING COVID
We are a people of very long memory. We were slaves in Egypt in the 13th Century BCE. 3300 years ago. Jews/Israelites as slaves to the Pharoah of Egypt. Painting…
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, 2021
LACK OF FREEDOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A REFUGEE ?
The Nation of USA, has become much gentler under their new President, Mr Joe Biden. He has welcomed the children arriving at the border by themselves rather than throwing them…
Mar 15, 2021
A TIME TO BE HAPPY WHETHER IN ISRAEL OR IRAN
I am very attracted to the music in Israel of Yemenite origin. I hold the humble opinion that what we see in the Yemenite Israeli faces are the faces of…
Feb 15, 2021
TO FAST OR NOT TO FAST.. A GOURMETS DILEMMA
September 28, 2020 Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 28, 2020.…
Feb 15, 2021
OH POBRE MYANMAR/BIRMANIA… TAN LEJOS DE BUDDHA Y TAN CIRCA DE CHINA
The month had begun with convulsions in Myanmar/Burma, where the Military seeing their popularity and power slip, overthrew the popularly elected government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. During a…
Feb 15, 2021
BESAME MUCHO. THE ETERNAL BLISSFUL SONG… THE MOST POPULAR MEXICAN SONG EVER RECORDED.. EVEN THOUGH CUBANS CLAIM IT .. FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
BESAME MUCHO CONSUELO VELASQUEZ. MEXICO 1940 This has to be one of the most popular Latin American Song ever written, recorded by numerous people over the course of decades. Bésame,…
Feb 15, 2021
THE THREE STAGES OF WESTERN INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT.. my short summary
Western Intellectual thought does not denote thoughts of the Western people, but a strain of philosophy which was born and nurtured in the Western world, adopted as their own by…
Feb 15, 2021
SAUDADE SODADE marooned in Miami
It is 4 pm in the afternoon The sun is fading in the horizon leaving that tender touch on your skin A medical student in London is making tea A…
Feb 15, 2021
I AM A COVID REFUGEE
Despite having Passports of two First World Countries, which allows me entry into most countries in this world, I am a Covid Refugee. I have an occupation I have a…
Feb 15, 2021
I HAVE RECEIVED MY VACCINE.. SO THAT MY PATIENTS ARE SAFE..
I work for a special community and they were prioritized to receive vaccines for all the Health Care workers as well as all the members of the community. The Health…
Feb 15, 2021
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL: COVID 19 INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE FALLING ALL OVER THE DEMOCRATIC WORLD IN THE AMERICAS
TODAY IS FEBRUARY 21, 2021 There has been a Dramatic drop in the number of cases of Covid 19 infections being diagnosed in the USA. Medical Scientists would give one…
Feb 15, 2021
QUEEN ESTHER OF IRAN AND OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002593515/NLI?_gl=1*e980uo*_ga*MTkxMTgzODc3LjE2MTM5ODY2NDM.*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTYxMzk4NjY0MS4xLjEuMTYxMzk4NzU5OC40OA..&_ga=2.221434904.1839173943.1613986646-191183877.1613986643#$FL160821220 The remembrance, the festival of PURIM is upon us. to me, the age old connection betw
Feb 15, 2021
ALTA GRACIA. THANKS FOR THE FEELINGS OF LOVE
Every Monday morning, the music streaming service, selects algorithmically based on my past listening habits, songs which are new to me and it is a pleasure to discover International Singers…
Jan 15, 2021
LASSO ROUND THE MOON BY AGNAR MYKLE , THEN A NORDIC INFLUENCE IN LITERATURE WITH KNUT HAMSEN’S HUNGER
I was still in high school and in the habit of frequenting second hand bookstores (why did they all disappear?) when I came across a novel by Agnar Mykle's Lasso…
Jan 15, 2021
WORDS SOMETIMES CAN DAMAGE PRECIOUS THINGS
HOW PRECIOUS THINGS ARE DAMAGED BY MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS Words are the greatest source of misunderstanding. And especially when one is reading in another language. I have never added a moral…
Jan 15, 2021
WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? NOW THAT 2021 IS UPON US AND STILL A FEW MONTHS TO GO BEFORE NORMALCY? RETURNS
WHAT CAN WE DO NOW ? By the middle of January 2021, I would have completed the course of vaccination against Covid 19 Apart from Israel, no other country would…
Jan 15, 2021
DID YOU KNOW THAT BREAKFAST IS THE IMPORTANT MEAL WAS COINED BY A BACON COMPANY? IN THE USA
NEW YORK TIMES like BBC has interesting tidbits and well annotated social accounts very seldom found in more popular commercial news media. Who propagated the idea that Breakfast is the…
Jan 15, 2021
CUBA CAN PRODUCE 100 MILLION UNITS OF COVID 19 VACCINE. ALL CUBANS WILL BE VACCINATED AND VIETNAM INDIA IRAN VENEZUELA BOLIVIA, PAKISTAN WILL BENEFIT AND SOME OTHERS
Cuba alista 100 millones de dosis de vacuna antiCovid-19 La Habana, 20 ene (Prensa Latina) Cuba crea las capacidades para producir 100 millones de dosis de la vacuna Soberana 02…