Captions below….. This is the doorstep to the house where I live. The house used to be owned by the King of Nepal. This is the stray dog, Muchachito, that guards my doorstep. He was…
Browsing Category places
arranged love marriage
IMG_5263, originally uploaded by seekingsol. One of my students recently quipped, “…arranged marriages give me faith in marriage.” And as quickly as I agreed with her, I wondered, “what a once-foreign idea with which I…
the people in my neighborhood
IMG_5372, originally uploaded by seekingsol. Sorry friends for my absence; between my sicknesses (minor) and those of my students, I’ve hardly found a free moment. I did just upload some photos from a quick walk…
walking down the up escalator
(I’ve been in a silent retreat and had no idea as to what events have taken place in Tibet this week. I just found out and have yet to research it, but you can click…
interview with a village family
India is the home of almost 1/6th of the world population; 1.13 billion people and around 80% of this population lives in rural areas. Last weekend I spent a long weekend in a small, rural…
errant thoughts and kites
IMG_4374, originally uploaded by seekingsol. Errant thoughts consume me. Not of the adventurous sort, but the meddling. The petty. The flinching. The bothersome and be bothered by, sort. The kind of thoughts that make you…
a creative life
For about six months I’ve been feeling something shifting inside of me. I can only compare the sensation to being made of sand; where every move I make shifts a million grains into a new…
leave your expectations; bring your patience
(I have a new group of Dragons students arriving soon and this was from a note I wrote to them, related to the previous post, that I think continues to provide insight on life in…
india is an arranged marriage
Village Faces, U.P. India, originally uploaded by seekingsol. (This is an excerpt from a personal journal entry from the first week when I arrived in India. I sometimes cringe and curse at the weird way…