My last look back at India, photos of things that captured my gaze and my mind. It could sound kind of cliche to say how nice everyone was and what a strong sense of hospitality they have, but it’s absolutely true. For a stranger in a strange land, that is a precious...
Read moreAdiyogi Shiva Statue & Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, India – January 2019
What an extraordinary experience this was! I got my 200-hour basic Yoga Teaching Certification in 2014, so have not only practiced yoga, but have studied (and forgotten a lot of…) it and its origins. To be able to make a pilgrimage to this site in India –...
Read moreTaj Mahal, Agra, India – January 2019
If you ever had any fears that if you actually saw the Taj Mahal with your own eyes that it might be a bit of a let-down, fear no more. It is exquisitely beautiful and meticulously maintained. And even if you aren’t quite the architectural-enthusiast geek that I...
Read moreLodhi Gardens, Delhi, India – January 2019
Deepak and Dilip took Ben and me here. Not only was it beautiful and historic (two of my favorite things!), there was also a bit more oxygen and a bit less carbon dioxide here than the rest of Delhi, which is permeated with smog. From Wikipedia: Lodi Gardens is a city...
Read moreRome, Italy – January 2019
I left the RV at some friends’ house, and accompanied my friend Ben Atherton-Zeman on his two-week “tour” of India! (More on that later!) During our layover, we had a whopping three hours to see Rome. We landed at the crack of dawn, took the Leonardo...
Read moreTheodore Roosevelt Home/Sagamore Hill Nat’l Historic Site, New York – December 2018
My 26th visit to a National Parks site in 2018! And it seems so particularly symbolic since Teddy Roosevelt established the U.S. Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, proclaimed 18 new U.S. National Monuments, established the first 51...
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