Field Ledger Archive
13,278 entries across the years, 2003–2026.
Transportation and Communication, pt 1
I couldn't have been more frustrated. More people in India have mobile phones than running water-- and yet, here we were stopped in front of Sandesh the Prince -- another palace cum hotel, not a one of us with an address or telephone number for…
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don't hide don't hide. don't.
prana overload.
On New Moons and Nose Rings
My first full day in India fell on a new moon. One of my favorite things about following a lunar cycle is the tiny bit of joy I get turning my iphone's little green "alarm" switch from it's perpetual "on" to it's quiet white off.…
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Time Travel
Is it telling that I slept on the car ride from Bangalore to Mysore? The last two times, I was wide-eyed, heck, WILD-eyed, sitting on the edge of my seat. Not unlike my dear pooch Sebastian with his head out the window, I couldn't help…
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