What happens when you put a horseman on the back of a camel? He gets to thinking about livestock. Sparse thoughts. Comparative thoughts. Saddles. If…
It is 5am when the Jaisalmer Express pulls into the station and we stumble out into the darkness. Amor, a youthful ambassador from our budget…
Families have been stocking up on brightly colored powder for days. Vast rooftop squirt gun and water balloon arsenals have been assembled. Tonight is Phalguna…
My father was an art critic. (He was a man of many talents. Ranching was his vocation and joy, but hardly his sole interest or…
Today was a success, a culmination, a joy. And, possibly, the beginning of a new tradition. Together, Alison and I returned to the Cave Temples…
I thought I’d gotten pretty lofty in my brushes with greatness. After all, I’ve served cake to Ursala K. LeGuin. And I’m just three degrees of…
When I last visited Hampi and its ruinous, romantic surrounds, the Tunga-Bhadra River was the northern boarder of the archeological monument. Today archeologists recognize the…
Take a boat across the river. Walk along the roadside watching rice farmers seed their paddies until you come to the monkey gate. Draw in a…
The social context for our time in Bhimavaram with the Byrraju Foundation is important: two western Professors traveling to rural Andhra Pradesh are VIPs. We…
I love water: drinking it; irrigating clover and timothy with my mom; helping Nordstrom use it wisely. I assume all who grow up in arid…
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