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March 8, 2010 I took the trip from Madrid to Seville just on a whim. It’s Spain after all, I should go somewhere. While in Rome I found that I could make valuable trips to important sites just by taking … Continue reading
Since I am on the point of artistic abstraction, I spent a lot of time today looking at a painting by Picasso called Man with a Clarinet. For hours I could not figure this painting out. I decided I would … Continue reading
March 4, 2010 Dear Sabina, Madrid is a clean and modern city. Everything functions well and the people are friendly, gentle and helpful. In some ways I am surprised by this. Before I came I had preconceived ideas about what … Continue reading
March 3, 2010 When I travel I think of myself as Le Flaneur, which translated is, “the stroller,” or “the walker.” The french poet and critic, Charles Baudelaire, first conceived of the flaneur as the gentleman city stroller who walks … Continue reading
March 2, 2010 LAX (In transit to Madrid) Here is something I learned years ago when I did my doctoral work in Canada. At that time I was studying how old world Hinduism changed as it came into contact with … Continue reading
July 29, 2010 Montreal is all about being French in an English speaking universe. Montreal and Toronto are the two largest cities in Canada. They are both on the Great Lakes waterway and they are only about 750 kilometers apart, and … Continue reading
October 21, 2009 Maui There are places in this world that I call “mythological zones,” and by this, I mean places where the natural beauty of the land is so compelling and so overpowering that it opens pathways in my … Continue reading
Wednesday July 15, 2009 You can hardly imagine how hot and sun-drenched the desert is at this time of the year; in fact, the heat is so brutal and so relentless it draws the very life out of you. I … Continue reading
May 23, 2009 I arrived in New Orleans in the late afternoon of Friday, May 22 and took a taxi to the downtown Hilton near the French quarter. I had come to New Orleans to perform a wedding, and in … Continue reading