one never, ever, crests a rise
without killing off a pack of lies
the ugly lie: it’s all descent
belied by cold, granite torment
the pretty lie: continued gloom
skewered by rhododendrons in full bloom
POEM: The Other Side
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DAILY PHOTO: Tree on a Foggy Mountain
Taken in May of 2017 in Coorg (Kodagu.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Tungabhadra River
Mountain Haiku
pounding drums
echo down the valley
birds calm
deep breath
fog dissipates
common peril
fog follows
will it catch us
before the pass
cow grazes
on the high trail
dispiriting
glaciers glow
in sunrise orange
forge iron, not
on the ridge
falls can be lethal
worth it
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DAILY PHOTO: Sunset over the Chobe River
Taken in April of 2017 in Chobe National Park (i.e. taken from Botswana looking into Namibia)
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DAILY PHOTO: Mountain & Lake in Kashmir
Taken in August of 2016 on the trail from Naranag to Sonamarg
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DAILY PHOTO: Chocolate Hills of Bohol
Taken in December of 2017 on Bohol Island
It wasn’t dry enough to see them in their full chocolatey brown glory, but these conical limestone hills are pretty wild nevertheless.
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DAILY PHOTO: Siquijor Sunset
Taken in December of 2017 on Siquijor in the Philippines
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DAILY PHOTO: Young Tusker in the Marsh
Taken in May of 2017 at Amboseli National Park in Kenya
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DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Streams
Taken in June of 2015 in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh
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