Aug 15, 2020
I WILL NOT MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE, SAID LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
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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
KNOW YOUR GENES, KNOW YOUR CULTURE AND THAT IS YOUR NUTRITION .. NO ONE SINGLE NUTRITIONAL ADVICE FITS EVERY ONE
When I finished my training as an Endocrinologist, my knowledge about Nutrition was biblically minute, it could have been written down on a grain of rice! Very little training about…
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
FULL MOON OVER MIAMI. … MY GOOD WISHES TO MY FRIENDS IN CUBA, BRASIL, IRAN, MALAYSIA, INDIA, FRANCE AMONG OTHERS
photos taken from the backyard of my sister's house in Miami. The sun sets later at this time of this year in Miami, around 8 15 pm and it is…
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
A CONFERENCE? A CONGREGATION? A PARLIAMENT? COLLECTIVE NAMES FOR ANIMALS
https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/animal-group-names-quiz/?utm_campaign=Fri%2003%2F07%2F2020&utm_medium=Friday%20Club&utm_source=email&uid=ea0fddd89ecf8aa3615e67b1197088b4
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
GOOD USEFUL MEDICAL RESEARCH COMING OUT OF CHINA, ZIE ZIE. THANK YOU
This morning I read just two articles both with great feasibility of immediate clinical implementation. I have noticed the deterioration in the quality of research coming out of USA because…
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…
Jul 15, 2020
BLACK LIVS MATTER AND RACISM TOWARDS JEWS IN THE UK
I AM TRULY SAD TO SEE THIS TURN OF EVENTS AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD HAS A CHANCE TO HEAL Spurs and BBC distance themselves from BLM after ‘gagged…
Jul 15, 2020
JEWS OF KURDISTAN … LIFE THEN AND NOW .. IN ISRAEL
I have always been interested in isolated jewish communities or "exotic" jewish communities, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Cochin Jews of Kerala are the best known among them. But…