She Knew
The background to this piece is the same as that of my previous essay ‘An Important Person’. I was attending a short creative writing course on the beautiful Greek island of Skyros. It was peaceful there, particularly the little…
An Important Person
So here is the background to this essay. I was on a short creative writing course on the island of Skyros in Greece, nine of us and our facilitator the author Stephen Clarke. Each morning we sat on a terrace…
Philadelphia and Pretzels
I finished Sarel, my voluntary service in the IDF and then rented an apartment in the centre of Tel Aviv for a month with a girl friend from Philadelphia who I met last year also on Sarel. The plan was…
Soldiers and Schnitzels
I’m getting to be an old hand at this army Sarel volunteering thing. Every time is the same (hard-boiled eggs, carrying a toilet roll everywhere , two-inch mattress and no shower heads) but it’s always different too. The status quo…
Ramana Maharshi Ashram – Who am I?
After the drama and craziness of Varanasi, it worked perfectly that the next place on my “bucket list, was Ramanashram in a little town called Tiruvanamalai in Southern India. Say “Tiru – van- ama-lye ” and you got it! Sri…
The Burning Ghats – Life and Death on The Ganges
Our last day in this fascinating, ancient and holy city of Varanasi was spectacular. It started with a morning of deep serenity, an afternoon of great intensity and drama and an evening of delicious dosas, conversation and fun! One morning…
Varanasi
It has been my dream to see Varanasi for a very long time. I have read endless articles and travel books and blogs and looked at lots of pictures and documentaries and yet nothing prepared me for the assault to…
Miracles
What is a miracle? One definition is, “A miracle is an event not ascribable to human power or the laws of nature and consequently attributed to a supernatural, especially divine, agency. Such an event may be attributed to a miracle…
Buddhas and Beggars – Bodhgaya
Our Hotel in Bodhgaya is the RK Palace. Could any place be more inappropriately named! But we are glad to find accommodation anywhere this week. My friend Luis who is a volunteer from a Buddhist centre in San Francisco had…
The Million Dollar Arm!
This is my fourth time in India and I am traveling this time with with my son, Charles, who volunteered to come and share the experience, protect me and carry the luggage. I made that last bit up! The new…
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