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• DAILY PHOTO: Nepali Eyes

  

  Bhaktapur, Nepal; Seen on a cable spool Taken in April of 2018 in Bhaktapur, Nepal; Bas-relief on door frame Kathmandu; On a pillar at the base of the stairs... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Lapu Lapu, Rizal Park

  

  Taken in December of 2017 in Manila Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Messy by Tim Harford

  

  Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page The book’s premise is simple: being neat and tidy isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Memory Illusion by Julia Shaw

  

  The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory by Julia Shaw My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Julia Shaw is a psychologist... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Varanasi Ghats in the Warm Morning Light

  

  Chet Singh Ghat Prabhu Ghat Jain Ghat; Taken in Varanasi (Benares) in October of 2015 Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Which World?

  

  sitting upon an old, stone ghat I felt the flow of what was not coracles once spun down this stream like dervishes in a wistful dream now the dream was cold... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Leh Oasis

  

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

  Posted on 17 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: The Colors of Vác

  

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

  Posted on 16 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Naked

  

  your perfection peeks through not devil-dealt but always denied I glimpse it faintly, despite the obscuring cloak that you clutch to yourself, huddled against... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Sinking

  

  I heard your shout of, “Sink or float?” You tossed me in, in my old, worn coat. Copper coins pulled me under the waves. Silencing the pounding tom-tom raves.... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Little Rhino in the Grass, Kaziranga

  

  Taken in April of 2017 in Kaziranga National Park, Assam Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Slender-Snouted Crocodile

  

  Taken in May of 2017 at Kalimba Reptile Park outside Lusaka Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Pine Oil

  My hands smell of pine oil. What a powerful soap. It may not make me clean, but it shot me back in time. — a chrononaut blown out the locks all through the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Bus to Nowhere

  

  I listened to two girls tell kiss-kill tales on a bus to I know not where. They seemed easy breezy in the way of those who know where they are going. But... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Sun Rising Over a Ridge in the Annapurnas

  

  Taken in May of 2018 in the Annapurna Sanctuary Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Random Street Corners, Phnom Penh

  

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

  Posted on 12 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Perfect Breathing by Al Lee and Don Campbell

  

  Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time by Al Lee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page It’s not an exaggeration to say that there is no set o... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Human Is? by Philip K. Dick

  

  Human Is?: A Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of 20 of Philip K. Dick’s short stories written... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Three Garden Clocks [in Three Different Countries]

  

  Taken in Chatuchak Park in northern Bangkok in September of 2015 Taken in January of 2017 in Bangalore at Lal Bagh Taken in October of 2012 in Phnom Penh at... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Three Garden Clocks [in Three Different Countries]

  

  Taken in Chatuchak Park in northern Bangkok in September of 2015 Taken in January of 2017 in Bangalore at Lal Bagh Taken in October of 2012 in Phnom Penh at... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL