Sep 15, 2022
OH HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE IN HAVANA CUBA OCTOBER 2022
For Hemingway the Moveable Feast was Paris and for me it is Havana. What makes Havana and for that matter all of Cuba make so special? Its people not only…
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Aug 15, 2022
EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE RAPID CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE PLANET SOCIETY
The temperature outside is a pleasant 20 C, much cooler than the 34 C, in this presqu'île de Quiberon, Brittany. A very good article arrived from The New York Times,…
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
DO NOT SEARCH FOR PEOPLE TO MEET, THOSE WHO YOU NEED TO MEET WILL COME YOUR WAY, SAID MY MESKWAKIA TEACHER
My introduction to the world of Native American people propitiously began with the traditional tribe of MESKWAKIA and I have to be grateful to them, as I ended up dedicating…
Aug 15, 2022
CUBA AND MALAYSIA AND NOW IRAN SO MUCH OF MY HEART IS TETHERED TO THESE COUNTRIES ..
The morning was still young, a text message arrives from Kuala Lumpur, do you have time to talk? it said It was KO, the former Malaysian ambassador to Cuba. We…
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…
Aug 15, 2022
DJEM AL FINA YOU WILL FIND ME AT FRUIT COUNTER NO 43 OF CHEZ HAMID AS THE SUN SETS
enjoying the organized chaos that is so metaphoric of life, each night i wandered through the souks, giving a salaam here and a shalom there, in this ancient city. I…
Aug 15, 2022
THE WOODCARVER OF MARRAKECH A BERBER FRIEND OF ISRAEL, IN FACT MOST BERBERS SEEM TO LIKE ISRAEL AND JEWS
Berbers are good at wood carving and the above plaque caught my attention as I was wandering around the narrow streets near Riad58Blu. I walked in and the old man…
Aug 15, 2022
THE BARBER OF MARRAKECH ..I MAY HAVE TO HOP ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR MY NEXT HAIR CUT
Ishmael (are we not brothers? he of ishamael and I of Israel?) suggested this haircuttery very close to Riad58Blu within walking distance of Djema al Fina. It turned out to…
Jul 15, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS FOUNDATION DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT DR HARISINGH GOUR VISHWAVIDYALAY, SAGAR MP INDIA
THANKS TO MY FRIEND DR. BIJAYA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment .…
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
THE MOVEABLE. FEAST. PARIS I THINK OF YOU OFTEN AND THE OTHER MOVEABLE FEAST, I HOLD YOU CLOSE
This is one of the best known quotes about Paris in the English Language and the idea of a moveable feast entered the language. Currently the moveable feast in my…