TODAY IN LITERATURE – Vanishing Worlds
“It’s in the nature of things that whole worlds disappear,” writes the poet Robert Hass in the foreword to Jimmye […]
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TRAVEL PURSUITS – A gentleman on the Mekong River
A chance encounter (at a local meeting of Camino aficianados) resulted in an extended conversation about the ways and means
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TRAVEL PURSUITS – Why a new book for Vietnam?
Here was the headline in the book review section of the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper that caused me
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Dung or Marble?
There is no way postcard snaps or even a glossy National Geographic special can prepare you for the simultaneous majesty
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – awe
“A teardrop on the cheek of time” – Rabindranath Tagore on the Taj Mahal a first glimpse from a
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – senses and ritual
A ritual performed morning and night in temple on hotel grounds in small village of Narlai by the tribesmen who
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Branding in India
One of the things that makes me cringe here is the number of
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Day 2, Old Delhi
Old Delhi is the India I feared, although I know there are far worse slums in the world.
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – almost
We have read so much and many of us have watched lots of films and talked to both South Asians
TRAVEL PURSUITS – What makes our trips different? Key West, January 2012
Travel Pursuits — a glimpse from Key West, January 2012