Everest House-India

Everest House-India

We had arrived in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand which sits on an airy point in the hill country of northern India and sought out the estate of the first Surveyor-General of India (1830-1843) Sir George Everest. With the help of marginal local directions we drove a windy one lane road to a washed out dirt path. A […]

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The Fan Club

The Fan Club

Standing very still, I watched as they walked, waddled before me. The first one standing within a foot or so, as it was followed by another, and then another until the group of six formed a semi-circle around me. They moved their heads back and forth in slow curiosity of this towering giant covered in […]

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Phillip Glass

Phillip Glass

In the mid 1970’s after high school I had decided to skip a year and travel rather than attend college. Buying a plane ticket I flew alone to Europe and hitchhiked from Holland to southern Italy and back. Arriving in Rome, Italy I found lodging in a small pension that was shared with a number […]

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Skies That Start At Your Feet

Skies That Start At Your Feet

The bleached white rocks crunched under foot as I walked down the road. A layer of rock had recently been added to cover the clay earth that would turn into slick and undriveable muck with every rain. On either side were waist-high green wheat fields that moved musically with the wind. Nebraska has sky that […]

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