Jan 15, 2024
WELCOME TO MIAMI
WELCOME TO MIAMI When I am in the USA, I usually stay in Miami. I have always liked Miami, one of the main reasons being it is a Spanish speaking…
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Jan 15, 2024
I AM AN AUSTRALIAN JEW AND I LOVE MOROCCO
I AM AN AUSTRALIAN JEW AND I LOVE MOROCCO Jews have been present in Morocco for at least 2000 years and lived with the native Amazigh (Berber) people . There…
Jan 15, 2024
COINCIDENCES ARE NOT CASUAL, WE JUST ARE NOT SMART TO UNDERSTAND THEM. LAKOTA INDIAN WISDOM
Yesterday I had a very strange sensation in the amazonian town of Leticia. Perhaps it was the reason I had travelled there ? It seemed , or was it a…
Jan 15, 2024
WELCOME 2024 FULL OF HOPE AND TRANQUILITY AND IT IS THE YEAR FOR ME FRIEND AND FOOD AND SOUL
With Gratitude we goodbye to 2023 and with Gratitude we welcome 2024. It is good to reflect on happiness in this moment of great transition from one year to the…
Dec 15, 2023
31 DECEMBER THE MOST LIMINAL OF THE DAYS OF 2023. WELCOME 2024
I have never been too fond of the transition from 31 December to 1 January. It is not looked forward to, nor have I any great memories of those days…
Dec 15, 2023
36 HOURS IN PARIS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/22/travel/things-to-do-paris.html PARIS is a small city, you can walk from one end to the other .. most importantly it is the city of love and light so come here, with…
Dec 15, 2023
WELCOME 2024
Good Bye 2023. Welcome 2024 A nice bottle of wine from France Extremely healthy meal prepared by a friend A stimulating conversation with friends As the night began getting chilly…
Dec 15, 2023
THE NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON
A friend wrote to say that she was reading the book The Night train to Lisbon. Something inside my brain was touched and I checked out the information on this…
Dec 15, 2023
I REMEMBER CACHAITO
Each time we coincided in Havana, i would trudge up the stairs to his flat not far from Hotel Nacional in Vedado. He was always pleasant and welcoming and would…
Dec 15, 2023
SAY GOOD BYE TO YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR IN THE USA
In most civilised countries in this planet, when it comes to health care, the gate keeper is the trusted Family Doctor or GPs as they are called in English speaking…
Nov 15, 2023
IRAN BURMA CUBA. AND I LOVE THEM
I PROBABLY LOVE THESE THREE FAVOURITE COUNTRIES FOR SIMILAR REASON THEIR CITIZENS LACK FREEDOM I have lived in Cuba, have visited Burma/Birmanie/Birmania/Myanmar numerous times (I have even been given a…
Nov 15, 2023
IT IS WITH THE HEART ONE SEES , HOW DO CHILDREN THINK RUMI’S WORDS
CHILDREN ARE THE BEST POETS, IT IS WE WHO DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM Many years ago, along the wild coast of Brittany in France, I met a little poet…