In the past, when engaged in international work, I wrote blogs once a week as I encountered new experiences on a quite regular basis. Having now traveled, worked and lived throughout India over multiple years, I encounter fewer true surprises.

Nov. 17, 2022 After 17 years of visiting, working and occasionally living in India, I find myself relating to the place more like home than a temporary visit.  I've been in Agartala for 3 weeks this time around and haven't

Oct 26, 2020 I awoke one morning not so long ago with a very sore forearm.  I didn't realize it at first, but upon trying to lift an insulated hydro flask, a sharp pain caused me to nearly drop the vessel. 

July 19, 2020 I have been absent from writing because I have been absent from traveling, one of the many depravations that we have all had to deal with during this seeming endless interruption to our lives. Now facing nearly four

January 2 I do not really believe in the idea of fate. I find myself more drawn to a philosophy based on chaos. So many variables ping-pong off of each other, making it hard for me to accept that each human

Dec. 24 Fair warning, dear reader, this blog might occasionally be political in nature. Recently, protests broke out in Northeast India in opposition to a citizenship bill passed by the federal government that seemingly favored certain races over others . No need

Dec. 14 "The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself,” E.E. Cummings Quotations have the wonderful propensity of popping up in one’s life when one is best ready to receive them. Recently,

Dec. 4 In The Muppet Movie, Kermit and friends are driving across the country to make it famous in Hollywood. When they encounter Gonzo, they ask where he is headed. Gonzo replies, “To Bombay to be a movie star.” Kermit and