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Today begins the four day ceremonies of thanksgiving and celebrations and getting together offriends and relatives among the HoCank in Nebraska. This is one activity in which Americans have very…
it is incredible how beautiful this part of the world looks, especially through the eyes of a stranger, after rain and fog rising out and at dusk, many cotton tail…
Cuba Narrative 2 Today is 22 nd June 2009 On June 14 th 2005, I was in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Hanoi, having requested the receptionist to…
It is not that often in Cuba that I get to converse with tourists who are here for a short while. Every one loves Cuba and the three Spaniards I…
To Understand the Love for France … while in Cuba One of the things I would like to do on this trip is to find out the relationship, inversely or…
It is searingly hot here in Habana. Unrelenting and burning through to your bones. This morning I left the house of my sister in Miami at 530 am, arriving at…
I am sitting at the Lounge at the Houston Airport. I am on my way to Miami and then on to La Habana. I am looking forward to being back…
The Blue House at the UmonHon Indian Reservation is ready for MunChing..It is raining this morning, so some leaks needs to be fixed, before she comes.. He He! A patient…
It is very pleasant, this solitude, being alone in the house, surrounded by silence and all windows open and it is verdant all around, with large trees standing guard. sundays…
An Eclectic Day in Paris It is not that often that in a short span of a few hours, you have such a variety of experiences as I had today…
Incessant Attendances at Conferences and Lack of Knowledge Accrual I am a Consultant Endocrinologist to some small Clinics at the Indian Health Services of the United States Public Health System…
Unexpected Pleasures La Habana, 27 th June 2009 Two important conversations, both related to my work in Anthropology and also the future of my work here in La Habana. One…