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Fat Chuck’s Revenge Today was my first-ever mountain bike race. I even bought a (one-day) racing license. Ned Barnett made me do it; it gave him one more opportunity to demonstrate his biking superiority over me. The race was called "Fat Chuck's Revenge" More...
Theyyam Season in Kerala, India: Vishnumoorthy and friends. The first of a series from Southern and Western India. My first night in a Malabar Coast beachside cabin ended early -- with a 2:45 a.m. alarm and a short 3:00 a.m. hike to More... →
Moab Photography Workshop As this site surely implies, in the past year I've resumed one of my teen-years hobbies: photography. My skills may not have advanced much in the last 25 years, but the capabilities of modern cameras are indistinguishable from magic. More... →
Iran: Blue Tiles of Isfahan In the time period roughly between Christopher Columbus and George Washington, early-day Iranians were on the other side of the world doing some pretty impressive things with blue and yellow tile. The city of Isfahan was the capital of Persia More... →
Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall! I’m proud to say that my first-ever vote for any elected official was for Ronald Reagan in 1984. I was 19. I’ve been in the L.A. area the last few days, and went by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library More... →