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Drought and Hemorrhage
Our bodies are amazing things. The female body even more so. I was not prepared when I started to menstruate. Yes, the breast buds had appeared but they essentially were not noticed. The hairs too. But there’s no way of being ignorant of your menses. How old was I? Nine? Ten? Anyway, I was young. […]
Salivating for indian almond, cocoa pulp and other random tropical fruits
Today, I had a sudden urge to delight in Indian almond. Too bad I’m nowhere near one. Indian almonds are one of my childhood delights, in addition to cocoa pulp, the jelly like sweet & tangy substance that surrounds each cocoa bean in the pod (see below), the previously described alasa, tiger nuts, fresh coconut […]
Earthquake Scare – Ghana on edge
So in my last post, I reflected on the situation in Haiti being made worse because an unpredictable natural disaster compounded poverty, poor infrastructure, and political corruption. I wondered if other impoverished countries in this world would have been prepared especially countries known to be seismic zones…like Ghana. That was just an intellectual exercise. So […]
Haiti revisited
I think of myself as being able to accept the possibility that I am wrong and others right. 🙂 I believe that others are entitled to their opinions just as I am to disregard them. Which is why as ludicrous as it was, as trivial as the comment given the magnitude of the disaster in […]
Haiti – Charity through text messages
A few days ago, I read an article in the New York Times describing the “ever-accelerating pace” of technological advances that is creating “mini-generation gaps” concluding that “younger generations are going to have some very peculiar and unique expectations about the world”. These newest generations, the article went on to say, “will expect an instant […]
Pleasurable DMV visit
Have you ever walked into a DMV and then walked out in a good mood? The last time I went to a DMV was the first time (and only…so far) a policeman ever stopped me. It was pouring rain but I had managed to have a quieter day on the consult service, and decided to […]
Literary Adventures
During my interview for admission to Stanford University School of Medicine many moons ago, my interviewer asked me to discuss the last book I had read. See, I had listed “reading” as a hobby on my CV and actually continue to do so. Unfortunately, although I had just read a book in the months prior […]
Eurocentrism, Skepticism, & the Alien Astronaut Theory
The other day I was watching TV and came across a documentary on The Alien Astronaut Theory. The pseudoscience being presented was actually not new to me. Sometime in college when I was minoring in Anthropology, I came across these theories about how aliens must have been involved in the creation of many of the […]
Boston you’re my home!
Boston Chinatown – the only historic Chinatown in New England. It’s probably third behind San Francisco and New York in terms of Chinatowns in the US. Lots of good food here! The Roman Catholic Mission Church in the Mission Hill area of Boston. You can’t miss it! It’s real name is The Basilica of Our […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.