Author: Ivan
Waking Dreams of Death and Dying
Deena and I have just finished the Vipassana, ten-day, silent meditation course. One is completely off the communications grid, without phones and computers. All participants are silent, including even gestures to each other or making eye ...
YAW = Yet Another Waterfalls
Is it possible to see too many waterfalls? When we were backpacking in Brazil through the Chapada Diamantina, there were beautiful clear streams tumbling down the mountains. There were waterfalls everywhere. We had already seen the ...
Las Mariposas, As Borboletas, die Schmetterlinge, Motýli, Бабочки
Butterflies! When we visited Manuel Antonio Park, we saw Blue Morpho butterflies for the first time. The back of their wings is a brilliant, luminescent blue that lights up like neon signs in the sun. They ...
The Mystic Krewe of Orphans and Misfits, or MOMs Ball
Sometime back in 1974, the Mystic Krewe of Orphans and Misfits started a Mardi Gras party with classic American dance music whose only requirement to join was that you had to show up in full costume. ...