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• POEM: Rag Bag

  

  In my youth, in a cubby under the stairs, there sat a big rag-bag. Chaotically stuffed. We’ve no rag-bag. Our rags are store-bought: laundered and folded. Our... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Commercial Street / Russell Market

  

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

  Posted on 31 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 False Dietary Beliefs That Sabotage Weight Loss

  

  5.) Vegetables are vegetables. If the potato is your go-to vegetable, you’ll probably have trouble shedding the pounds. That’s not to say that there is... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Aaaannd Buddha’d

  

  “This is going on your permanent record, young man!” “All is impermanent.” “I want you to get up there and clean your room.” “Desire is the root of all... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: 3 Haiku

  Leaves scattered widely Monsoon rains fall every night You’d think it autumn 4 A.M. bird call Ceaseless screeching through dreamland Please, shut the fuck up... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Agra Fort Cupola

  

  Taken in October of 2013 at Agra Fort Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: How We Feel by Giovanni Frazzetto

  

  How We Feel by Giovanni Frazzetto My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Frazzetto’s book tells us what neuroscience can and can’t tell us about seven core... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kashmir Green, Dreary and Bright

  

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

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Sitting Still Like a Frog by Eline Snel

  

  Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids by Eline Snel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Anyone who’s ever taught children mindfulness,... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Better Balance by Salamon and Manor

  

  Better Balance: Easy Exercises to Improve Stability and Prevent Falls by Suzanne E. Salamon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Balance is one of those qualitie... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Orange

  

  Taken in December of 2016 at Shivohum Temple in Bangalore Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Taoist’s Dilemma

  

  Life, at the moment, was a dumpster fire. But all roads lead up when stuck in the mire. So one smiles with the rock-bottom delight, lifting one up to the highes... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Hunder Valley

  

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

  Posted on 27 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Literarily Insane

  Hemingway off’d himself– curled up under his own looming shadow. What loomed beyond that shadow was the great unfathomable. Peering into it might have been a... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Ladakhi Landscape

  

  Taken in August of 2016 between Leh and Khardung-la pass Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Office Kolam

  

  Taken on August 24, 2017 in Bangalore Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Thought-Provoking Novels About Mental Illness

  

  5.) Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho Premise: A young woman who attempted suicide is told that in the process her heart was damaged and she now has only... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: The Andaman Sea from Thailand

  

  Taken in December of 2013 at Naiharn Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Young Zebra

  

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

  Posted on 23 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Mehrangarh Fort

  

  Taken in November of 2015 in Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL