June 2009
53 posts
Ben's Magic Cards
At the end of each day this month we sat down, ordered dinner, then Ben would look at us with a big grin and ask “cards?” It was his favorite past time. He loved any of the games that we regularly played: Yaniv, S***head, President, Upsie Downsie (which he knew as “Ascenseur” in France), and Blackjack. He never won, in fact he was consistently in last place or the first one...
New Yorker?
When I close my eyes, I see Flatbush and 7th, 21st between 7th and 8th, Bryant Park, Houston and Broadway, Avenue C and 4th, Prospect Park, 17th and 7th, among many other street scenes. Yet, when I’m in New York, I can never plug into the energy, it tires me and I find nooks to escape away to.
We are people who evolved in a world too large to comprehend. It was this way for millions of years. Then, suddenly, in this last century, just a point on the timeline of our existence, the world became a significantly smaller place for those who had some wealth.
We were all the same when we left the Rift Valley. From this one point we spread out and forgot about each other. First, we probably...
My sister came to visit me and took pictures →
namaste and jullay
When I first got to the Himalayas, it was hard for me to say “namaste” to people, because it’s can be such a cliche back home in the US, like prayer flags on all the houses near CU Boulder. When I finally broke free, it felt good to say. For a while I was saying it a lot, and buying stacks and stacks of prayer flags. Now, however, I’m in Ladakh, where they don’t say...
Internet has been rough here. I have many photos to post, and will have to take a few days to get them up, but I do not have a few days right now.
I must say, though, I really miss New York. I love it here in Ladakh, but I miss Diner, Franny’s, Bonita, Jack’s Coffee, Angelica Cafe, Cafe Grumpy, Una Pizza Napoletana, City Bakery, Grimaldi’s, abistro, James, Patsy’s,...