Hideout or Retreat
On the city wall in Chiang Mai this brick remnant is marked with crosses of no religious significance, but simply a brick mason’s choice. The old wall servers as a driver’s diversion. The moat surrounding Read More …
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Gardens
In the market all the chives were being sold with roots attached. Like the iceberg the biggest part of the plant grew below the surface of the garden. After all these years of using chives Read More …
On the Road Again
That boy riding that ox in that farm caught my digital eye. Those girls in that cart behind that tractor in front of that mound of tires rounded out the scene. The boy tending the Read More …
What’s Cooking?
In the markets shopping was easy. Everything was visible, touchable and there was no packaging. The shredded fresh ginger was both a cooking ingredient and a remedy for a broad range of symptoms. There traditional Read More …
Nature and Nurture at Home
We arrived at the monastery school just before the second meal of the day. After the formalities were exchanged and the nuns sat down to eat in silence we were invited to join them in Read More …
Grandiosity
Somewhere around the seven hundred plus Stupas the original idea got lost in the grandiosity. A large Buddhist synod gathered in Mandalay to read the scriptures at a single sitting. The pages, all 728, were Read More …
Quakes and Tremors
The split wall of the unfinished temple, a cursed presence created by a King seeking vain glory.. A stack of bricks torn apart by two earthquakes. The guardian lions rolled into the grass fields like Read More …
The Road to Mandalay
The chorus of the musical tune rang in my ears as Pu Pu tried explain the dual and triple meanings of the name. Mandalay is that Kipling poem that became the text for the popular Read More …
Myathalun Pagoda, Children, Trishaws & Festivals
The glittering gold, whether leaf or gilded, leaves an impression of glittering decadence. A mark of square centimetres donated one leaf at a time by those who seek to serve rather than be served. Donated Read More …
Greens, Grazing and Golf
With this much verdant vegetation. This bright green. Their blessing of the land is more than a holy arm waving. This country is crop capable rich. Golf course green. Across the fairway the black angus Read More …