{"id":533,"date":"2008-05-28T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mercurystate.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/28\/bendinggrasscom\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T18:21:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T22:21:05","slug":"bendinggrasscom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/bendinggrasscom\/","title":{"rendered":"bendinggrass.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know those periods (over the last 7 years) where I disappear? Well, we&#8217;re in the middle of one of them.<\/p>\n<p>LUCKILY, <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/bendinggrass.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/bendinggrass.com\/\">my upcoming pilgrimage partner has her OWN blog<\/a> and so you can now take a side street to my experiences here in Nepal via a surprise detour full of interesting and refreshing new perspectives on our shared path.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;ll hit me in the shoulder for posting this photo taken from Kathmandu&#8217;s immigration office&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seekingsol\/2526416559\/');\" title=\"photo sharing\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seekingsol\/2526416559\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flickr-photo\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2057\/2526416559_a4a428caca.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seekingsol\/2526416559\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seekingsol\/2526416559\/\">IMG_7055<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.flickr.com\/people\/seekingsol\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/seekingsol\/\">seekingsol<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">So take a look at her site, <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/bendinggrass.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/bendinggrass.com\/\">bendinggrass.com<\/a>, for maps, our Dolpa pilgrimage itinerary and a side sneak peak into the daily logistics and quips of our shared journey in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>(Meanwhile, I&#8217;ll continue my desperate search for both time and a DSL hotspot in this valley.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know those periods (over the last 7 years) where I disappear? 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