Category: travel
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some older journal entries
6/24/08 — Kathmandu, Nepal — I sit on the edge of a bardo, one of them uncountable bardos-within-bardos-within-bardos of this life-bardo, physically on a seat in Garden Kitchen restaurant, but not quite on the edge of it. Garden Kitchen is a pleasant eating establishment right across from the lavish, by Nepali standards, house where I…
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two articles featuring me on Eyes 2 Open
I met Bex, the author of the following articles, on the second day of the massive, still ongoing, indefinite strike in Darjeeling. We had some great walks and talks, and she was there for my final few hours in Darjeeling. The following two posts from her blog, Eyes 2 Open, feature me, and give a…
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Japan Poems 1
Composed in Iga-Ueno Shi and Kyoto, 2005. it’s not as if the scattered brick-chips mind if they trepass on the stepping-stones *** the moth flies into the side of the bread bag and turns back around, trying another way. he hides behind a box of Japanese hot cocoa mix and veers once more toward the…
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more haiku composed in japanese
some more haiku poems I wrote when in Japan in 2005. In Japanese with English translations. goko o kaite sensei to itta “itsutsu no ka?” write five poems the teacher said “five?” *** kokoro ni wa taiyou nitte’ru sonna koto in my heartmind it looks like the sun — that kind of thing *** onnanoko…
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3.11.08
Bir, Himachal Pradesh My second day in Bir. I’m staying at Chokling Gonpa, currently in the guest house but soon the monastery, once they have my room painted. Today has been good. Last night I had a had a hard time sleeping due to what I thought was a lack of blankets — what do…
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3.07.2008
3.07.2008 Tashi Jong, Himachal Pradesh, India, SAMSARA The lights are currently out and a magnificent storm rages outside. Tashi Jong is a Drukpa Kagyu community, and the symbol of the Drukpa Kagyu sect is the dragon — the druk in Drukpa — and it sounds like there’s some drunken druks waging war in the lofty…
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what i’ve been doing, roughly
I’ve been in Tashi Jong for the last week, mainly for purposes of exploring my part in the distribution and dissemination of Lama Chodpa incense, a very special blessed incense made by the monks, lamas, and laypeople of Tashi Jong, under the direction of Ven. Phopa Rabjam Tulku Rinpoche, who functionally acts as the mayor/president of…
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3.02.2008
3.02.2008 Paprola, Himachal Pradesh, The Noble Land of India (Tibetan: Gya-gar Phag-pa’i Yul) Sitting here in Paprola again, at what I think is the only internet “café” in town, with two computers in its cyber-arsenal. Tashi Jong just got 1 computer, my friend Rana’s father’s international phone place. When I walked down from the…
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3.01.2008
3.01.2008 CEPaprola, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, The Noble Land of India Sitting in Paprola (not sure about the spelling), the closest town to Tashi Jong, the heavenly little Tibetan community I’ve been living in for the last few days. So much has happened. I just got a haircut and a shave for the whopping…
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Kuwait Airlines
My trip from New York to Delhi on February 24th was the first time I’d ever flown on Kuwait Airlines. The name alone is enough to strike fear, or at the very least some aversion, in the average American’s heart: when I related the company I’d be flying with this time around, the responses were…
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Prelude to a 12 Hour Himalayan Bus Ride
Currently 3:11 PM. Delhi. A little over 2 hours until boarding the Haryana Roadways doubedecker “sleeper” bus to Baijnath — the closest busstop to Bir. Quebec Remy is coming with me, I managed to convince him to come, for the creative benefit of all dear little sentient beings. Due to lots of background noise inhibiting…
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