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LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• DAILY PHOTO: Leh, from Over the Stupa’s Shoulder

  

  Taken in August of 2016 in Leh Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: A Zombie’s Dilemma

  

  I ambled out the gate, down the street, and noticed: Everyone was going my way. Everyone was on foot. Well, you can imagine what I thought, I’ve fallen in with ... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

  

  Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Hallucinations are among the most captivating, yet misunderstood, phenomena of the mind. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Kashmiri Haiku

  

  mountain torn in twain a ridge rended like a child’s paper crafts project the shikara slips through inky predawn waters a bare bulb aim point burbling waters... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Skinny Ox and Child, w/ Curious Onlookers

  

  Taken in March of 2015 at Savandurga Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean

  

  The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean My rating: 5 of... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Pain

  

  pain advances its speary phalanx i watch–a dispassionate witness like some Buddha once told me to it’s sour march is not so daunting and yet it makes for... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Mansion on the Shore

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2011 near Helsinki Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Mansion on the Shore

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2011 near Helsinki Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Tram on the Nagykörút

  

  Taken in July of 2012 in Budapest Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POETRY: Half-a-Loaf Haiku

  

  Half a loaf haiku You may capture four seasons While I have but two In rainy season Midnight downpours catch no cat Out in the open Butterfly dogfight Jinking,... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Back Alley Classic

  

  Taken on October 9, 2016 in Panjim One never knows what one will find in the twisting back alleys of an ancient town. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email,... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Dancer’s Defection

  

  Source: Wikipedia [after hours, the circus of the mind] twisted puppets of an unworldly kind marionettes have danced into a heap but for one dancer who takes he... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Invisible They

  

  Is there a they? Or is they us? On the same old day, riding a different bus? Tilting heads at the same places. Different route, same blank faces. Electrified... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Goa

  

  Taken on October 9, 2016 in Panjim, Goa Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Municipal Market Flower Stalls, Panjim

  

  Taken on October 9, 2016 in Panjim (Panaji) Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Fooling Houdini by Alex Stone

  

  Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind by Alex Stone My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This book operates on tw... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: This Explains Everything Ed. by John Brockman

  

  This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works by John Brockman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page A theory that... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Black & White Butterfly… in Color

  

  Taken in Panjim, Goa on October 9, 2016. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Fuel & Fools

  

  Source: Wikipedia (Public Domain) It was a fire-breathing preacher, a hard-core and ceaseless teacher, of lessons they said they wanted none. Yet, it belched... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL