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SEPTEMBER 11, SATURDAY

WALKING IN VARNASI (1) Of course I am not responding to everything I see as I walk down the street, my iPhone in my hand, ready to record anything that touches me. I am only showing the more exotic or

SEPTEMBER 11, SATURDAY

WALKING IN VARNASI (1) Of course I am not responding to everything I see as I walk down the street, my iPhone in my hand, ready to record anything that touches me. I am only showing the more exotic or

FEBRUARY 10, FRIDAY

LETTER TO MY FRIDAY OLD MEN‘S GROUP RAMNAGAR FORT Friday at McDonals was my one scheduled activity each week in Swannanoa, so I notice here also when it is Friday. And remembering the five of you sitting around the table

FEBRUARY 10, FRIDAY

LETTER TO MY FRIDAY OLD MEN‘S GROUP RAMNAGAR FORT Friday at McDonals was my one scheduled activity each week in Swannanoa, so I notice here also when it is Friday. And remembering the five of you sitting around the table

FEBRUARY 9, THURSDAY

RAMESH SINGH BOUNDARY For four years, since I was here last in 2019, the Ramesh Singh Boundary has been on my mind. This is a colony of makeshift houses combining doors and odds and ends and lots of sheets of

FEBRUARY 9, THURSDAY

RAMESH SINGH BOUNDARY For four years, since I was here last in 2019, the Ramesh Singh Boundary has been on my mind. This is a colony of makeshift houses combining doors and odds and ends and lots of sheets of

FEBRUARY 8, WEDNESDAY

(REALLY FEBRUARY 22, 2019) PILGRIMS Todd, Susie and I are settled in the Sahi River Guest House with a wide glassed in porch where we sit with a view over the Ganges. It is $13 a night, so we could

FEBRUARY 8, WEDNESDAY

(REALLY FEBRUARY 22, 2019) PILGRIMS Todd, Susie and I are settled in the Sahi River Guest House with a wide glassed in porch where we sit with a view over the Ganges. It is $13 a night, so we could

FEBRUARY 7, TUESDAY

SAI MAA Yesterday Todd, Susie and I went on a walk through the narrow lanes next to the Ganges and passed by the large building under renovation which four years ago we saw being dedicated to the presence and teachings

FEBRUARY 7, TUESDAY

SAI MAA Yesterday Todd, Susie and I went on a walk through the narrow lanes next to the Ganges and passed by the large building under renovation which four years ago we saw being dedicated to the presence and teachings

FEBRUARY 6, MONDAY

WALKING THROUGH VARANASI BACK LANES The small shops along the narrow lanes running parallel to the Ganges from Desasvamedh Ghat to Assi Ghat attract pilgrims in their bright best clothing who combine doing the Hindu rituals expected in Varanasi with

FEBRUARY 6, MONDAY

WALKING THROUGH VARANASI BACK LANES The small shops along the narrow lanes running parallel to the Ganges from Desasvamedh Ghat to Assi Ghat attract pilgrims in their bright best clothing who combine doing the Hindu rituals expected in Varanasi with

FEBRUARY 5, SUNDAY

ASSI GHAT Our guest house is at Assi Ghat. Ghat means steps to a ritual bathing place. Varanasi is built on a high bluff on the outside of a curve in the Ganges River. In the summer monsoon the river

FEBRUARY 5, SUNDAY

ASSI GHAT Our guest house is at Assi Ghat. Ghat means steps to a ritual bathing place. Varanasi is built on a high bluff on the outside of a curve in the Ganges River. In the summer monsoon the river

FEBRUARY 4, SATURDAY

WALKING FROM DESASVAMEDH GHAT Today we made our first visit to the center of Varanasi. We squeezed into a motorcycle rickshaw with Todd sitting on the bench with the driver giving Susie and me more room in the back. The

FEBRUARY 4, SATURDAY

WALKING FROM DESASVAMEDH GHAT Today we made our first visit to the center of Varanasi. We squeezed into a motorcycle rickshaw with Todd sitting on the bench with the driver giving Susie and me more room in the back. The

FEBRUARY 3, FRIDAY

DEAR CORNERSTONE FRIENDS (My Friday old man’s group) I am sitting here in the midst of screaming horns and a general street hubbub with a view below me of a street leading down to Assi Ghat, the stone steps leading

FEBRUARY 3, FRIDAY

DEAR CORNERSTONE FRIENDS (My Friday old man’s group) I am sitting here in the midst of screaming horns and a general street hubbub with a view below me of a street leading down to Assi Ghat, the stone steps leading

FEBRUARY 2, THURSDAY

SHARADA NAYAK In 1979 I got a grant to take seven people to India to gather materials to create an Indian village in the old log cabin Williams Building on the Warren Wilson campus. In the summer of 1979 we

FEBRUARY 2, THURSDAY

SHARADA NAYAK In 1979 I got a grant to take seven people to India to gather materials to create an Indian village in the old log cabin Williams Building on the Warren Wilson campus. In the summer of 1979 we