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Pelicans!

What a magnificent bird is the pelican. This limerick by Dixon Lanier Merritt captures the wonder of the bird. A wonderful bird is the...

Jan 21, 20211 min read

Jessie's Message (for Captain Margaret L. Putman)

Once upon a time, I had a dear friend named Maggie. She taught herself calligraphy, sitting at a drafting table and painstakingly writing...

Dec 30, 20202 min read

California Burning

Agni, the Hindu god of fire, once came in disguise and approached Krishna and Arjuna as they were resting near the Khandava forest. Once...

Sep 30, 20202 min read

Black Lives and the Journeys to Racial Justice (Part III: Protests After the Murder of George Floyd)

On May 25, 2020, a teenaged girl filmed a crime on her cellphone. The murder of George Floyd. The video recorded by 17-year-old Darnella...

Jul 24, 20203 min read

Black Lives and the Journeys to Racial Justice (Part II: Non-fiction & Art)

In this America, Miles Davis, Trumpeter, composer, jazz innovator, While standing outside a jazz club in New York where he was performing...

Mar 17, 202013 min read

Magic in the Moonlight: Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona

Towering saguaro cactii, the blush of a gorgeous sunset in the blue desert sky, and a crescent moon greeted us as we entered the Desert...

Dec 31, 20191 min read

Musical Instrument Museum (MIM): Connecting the World Through Music

What an amazing place! The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona has been touted by tripadvisor.com as "Phoenix's #1 attraction...

Dec 23, 20192 min read

Nature Never Did Betray the Heart that Loved Her

There are places that calm one's spirits, still one's restless mind and offer comfort, solace. These are the places where I love to walk,...

Apr 12, 20193 min read

Spring Blooms and a Peacock at Filoli Gardens

Filoli is a historic house and garden in Woodside, California, and is one of the 28 sites owned by the National Trust for Historic...

Apr 6, 20191 min read

Kauai, the Garden Isle of Hawaii

There are few places on earth where, the second your feet touch the ground, the stress drains away. Hawaii is my #1 place in that...

Aug 18, 20182 min read

Rudraksha trees and a Shiva temple in Kapa'a, Kauai

At the botanical gardens in Princeville, the tour guide pointed out some deep blue spheres on the ground, which she said were fruit of...

Aug 17, 20181 min read

#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally in Redwood City CA, June 30, 2018

This Is What Democracy Looks Like. #FamiliesBelongTogether #RedwoodCity

Jun 30, 20181 min read

"Welcome to your Intellectual Home": My Smith College Reunion

"Welcome to your intellectual home!" These were the warm words of President Kathleen McCartney as she welcomed an auditorium filled with...

Jun 24, 20188 min read

Yosemite in the Spring: Waterfalls, Rivers & Dogwoods in Bloom

Yosemite National Park, the nation's first national park. A place of breathtaking beauty, where one is humbled by the majesty of nature....

May 12, 20181 min read

#MarchForOurLives Rally in Redwood City, CA

#MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #guncontrol

Mar 24, 20181 min read

Junot Diaz's reading of "Islandborn" at Kepler's Menlo Park

Junot Diaz read from his new children's book Islandborn at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park. It was a sold out event, which started with...

Mar 21, 20181 min read

Images of San Francisco

#Images #Photos #SanFrancisco #LawrenceArgent #TrinityPlace #VenusdeMilo

Mar 14, 20181 min read

Images of Kochi (Kerala, India)

#FortKochi #COK #TajMalabar #Kochimetro #LuluMallAluva #Kochisynagogue

Jan 28, 20181 min read

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