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MARCH 1, WEDNESDAY
THE HELSINKI FOOD MARKET Our first full day in Helsinki we did two things that were great fun. We went to the food market by the harbor for lunch and we visited the Design Museum. But first of all we
MARCH 1, WEDNESDAY
THE HELSINKI FOOD MARKET Our first full day in Helsinki we did two things that were great fun. We went to the food market by the harbor for lunch and we visited the Design Museum. But first of all we
FEBRUARY 28, TUESDAY
LAST DAY IN INDIA Our last day in Delhi was dentist day. At 9 p.m. before leaving for the airport at 4:30 a.m. I was still in the dental chair. First, Susie and Todd in the morning made the long
FEBRUARY 28, TUESDAY
LAST DAY IN INDIA Our last day in Delhi was dentist day. At 9 p.m. before leaving for the airport at 4:30 a.m. I was still in the dental chair. First, Susie and Todd in the morning made the long
FEBRUARY 27, MONDAY
COLONIAL MUSSOORIE AND THE SAVOY HOTEL When I was a boy in Landour I rarely walked an hour to the other end of Mussoorie along the narrow ridge road along which the town was built. Landour, at the east end,
FEBRUARY 27, MONDAY
COLONIAL MUSSOORIE AND THE SAVOY HOTEL When I was a boy in Landour I rarely walked an hour to the other end of Mussoorie along the narrow ridge road along which the town was built. Landour, at the east end,
FEBRUARY 26, SUNDAY
MISH KID SYNDROME During my junior year at Woodstock my family had their every seven year furlough, a return for a year to the United States. It took so long before the 1950’s to travel from the United States to
FEBRUARY 26, SUNDAY
MISH KID SYNDROME During my junior year at Woodstock my family had their every seven year furlough, a return for a year to the United States. It took so long before the 1950’s to travel from the United States to
FEBRUARY 25, SATURDAY
WOODSTOCK EXPERIENCE IN LANDOUR As I have come to the conclusion that the major reason that my Woodstock grade school and high school years were so intense was because I was at a time in life, adolescence, in which the
FEBRUARY 25, SATURDAY
WOODSTOCK EXPERIENCE IN LANDOUR As I have come to the conclusion that the major reason that my Woodstock grade school and high school years were so intense was because I was at a time in life, adolescence, in which the
FEBRUARY 24, FRIDAY
LANDOUR Our third evening in Landour we at at the Ivy Cafe, part of the Hotel Dev Dar Woods. Susie and I have been staying at the Hotel Dev Dar Woods together and separately for the last thirty years. The
FEBRUARY 24, FRIDAY
LANDOUR Our third evening in Landour we at at the Ivy Cafe, part of the Hotel Dev Dar Woods. Susie and I have been staying at the Hotel Dev Dar Woods together and separately for the last thirty years. The
FEBRUARY 23, THURSDAY
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL I graduated from Woodstock School in 1954, almost 70 years ago. On Thursday we went for an obligatory visit to the school and had a very pleasant time. Todd, Susie and I walked down the steep path from
FEBRUARY 23, THURSDAY
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL I graduated from Woodstock School in 1954, almost 70 years ago. On Thursday we went for an obligatory visit to the school and had a very pleasant time. Todd, Susie and I walked down the steep path from
FEBRUARY 22, WEDNESDAY
FOUR INDIAS Childhood India: ALLAHABAD AND LANDOUR When I was a boy I lived in a high ceilinged large house in Allahabad where my father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. But since Allahabad and all of the vast
FEBRUARY 22, WEDNESDAY
FOUR INDIAS Childhood India: ALLAHABAD AND LANDOUR When I was a boy I lived in a high ceilinged large house in Allahabad where my father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. But since Allahabad and all of the vast
FEBRUARY 21, TUESDAY
AIR QUALITY INDEX I have a hacking dry cough which has been increasing for the last week. In the last four days I’ve had a violent night of food poisoning and then, on and off since, a sour stomach of
FEBRUARY 21, TUESDAY
AIR QUALITY INDEX I have a hacking dry cough which has been increasing for the last week. In the last four days I’ve had a violent night of food poisoning and then, on and off since, a sour stomach of
FEBRUARY 20, MONDAY
HANGING ON AND LETTING GO We are visiting several Indias on this trip. There is the urban India of middle and upper class Delhi with goods from all over the world for sale, there is the desert landscape of Gujurat
FEBRUARY 20, MONDAY
HANGING ON AND LETTING GO We are visiting several Indias on this trip. There is the urban India of middle and upper class Delhi with goods from all over the world for sale, there is the desert landscape of Gujurat
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 