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• POEM: Thar Be Dragons

  

  Source: Wikipedia (Public Domain) Where dunes are whisked in wisps down the valleys Quiet as midnight in pitch black alleys Thar be dragons Where boxes tumble... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Namgyal Tsemo of Leh

  

  Taken in August of 2016 in Leh From the Shanti Stupa From the base Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: A Spray of Yellow Flowers in Kashmir

  

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

  Posted on 18 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Sonamarg

  

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

  Posted on 17 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman

  

  The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel E. Lieberman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page The story that this book tells is of a... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Blue Boats of Dal Lake

  

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

  Posted on 16 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser, MD

  

  Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues by Martin J. Blaser My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This is one of several... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Horses of Sonamarg

  

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

  Posted on 15 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Pari Mahal, Srinagar

  

  Taken in July of 2016 in Srinagar I’m just back from three weeks of travel in Kashmir and Ladakh. I’m planning on doing a post about our experience traveling... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Memories in the Midnight Deeps

  

  “Indefinite Divisibility” (1942) by Yves Tanguy T.S. Eliot said, Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium I know–exactly–what he means... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kolkata Cabs

  

  Taken in July of 2016 in Kolkata Kolkata (Calcutta) has some distinctive taxicabs. They’re yellow Ambassadors, a model made by Hindustan Motors, featuring a... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Yoga Assists by Sharon Gannon and David Life

  

  Yoga Assists: A Complete Visual and Inspirational Guide to Yoga Asana Assists by Sharon Gannon My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an illustrated guide to making... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: In the Citadel of Huế

  

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

  Posted on 21 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Kokoro Yoga by Mark Divine

  

  Kokoro Yoga: Maximize Your Human Potential and Develop the Spirit of a Warrior–the SEALfit Way by Mark Divine My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Like many... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Lusaka Mosques

  

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

  Posted on 20 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Country With No Post Office by Agha Shahid Ali

  

  The Country Without a Post Office by Agha Shahid Ali My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of 27 poems about life in conflict-riddled Kashmir. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 BOOKS

• BOOK REVIEW: Love Alone by Paul Monette

  

  Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog by Paul Monette My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of modern verse offering the poet’s experience of... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Life on the Rocks

  

  Taken in January of 2014 in Phuket, Thailand Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 TRAVEL

• Even Imaginary Monsters Get Bigger If You Feed Them

  

  Public domain image of Epictetus, sourced from Wikipedia There’s a story about Epictetus infuriating a member of the Roman gentry by asking, “Are you free?”... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Nepali Mandir, Varanasi

  

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

  Posted on 18 July 2016 SOCIETY, TRAVEL