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Archive for November, 2008
Relocating
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Road to Samarcand…
Posted in Diary on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…by Patrick O’Brian, is my current read.
The trek from Sundarijal to Chisopani
Posted in Uncategorized on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Come just as you are…
Posted in Music that touches me on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As song by Crystal Lewis.
Vegan..
Posted in More About Me on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It so happened that I greatly enjoyed the company and conversation of a vegetarian — and it has so happened that I declined to pursue a conversation on ChristianCafe with someone who thought that she needed to follow the OT dietary laws. I’m an omnivore; and I’m a flexible person who respects [...]
Pilfered
Posted in Diary on November 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
So, my lost baggage came to my house by courier – it was found in Newark; apparently it never left the country. I seem to have most everything, but one thing is not accounted for — a 70$ rucksack purchased for the trekking part of my trip. Simply gone from [...]
Soldier and sailor, too
Posted in Other people's thoughts, Poetry on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve only met a few ex-Royal Marines, but they each impressed me greatly. I had the pleasure of adventuring with one a few days in Nepal (he was on my raft crew) and also interacting with him back in the capital city. Thus I am also reminded of this poem I [...]
The road not taken
Posted in Other people's thoughts, Poetry on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
from Robert Frost:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for [...]
Day 8 of 10
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have rafted on rivers fed from the Himalayas (with some hair-raising moments in the water), sat in buddhist and hindu temples, and walked the countryside for three days in the company of a local guide. A small spot of health problems overcome with locally procured medications. More to come.
CHISOPANI [...]
Turn your head and cough..
Posted in Commentary, Diary on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My friend DingoEnlish gives me this link about the TSA; not revealing anything that I didn’t know already. But it is worth a read; and it illuminates my thinking a bit as well. When I was in Bahrain in transit to London we all got patted down (women passengers, as well [...]
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