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 […]
Journal
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Who said, “A picture is worth a thousand words”?
I don’t know about you, but I was surprised to find that that commonplace expression originates with Napoleon Bonaparte. It refers to
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
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 – India — Arti ceremony is intimate in Narlai and spectacular in Varanasi
India’s holiest City Varanasi holds this Ganga Arti ceremony every evening at sunset. Pilgrims gather on the banks of the
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
Convivium, Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Udaipur, the City of Palaces
Udaipur, the City of Palaces, a visual feast. Chattering monkeys, stunning architecture.
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Origins of Mulligatawny
No time for a full post at the moment, as we are enjoying full days on the Sub-Continent, but I
