DAILY PHOTO: A Gate in Hanoi

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Photographic Deception [Free Verse]

An overexposed photo
feels like it's from ages
ago --
decades past.

But it's from just the other day.

When I was there in person,
opening that shutter,
it didn't feel like the 90's,
but something about that photo
ages it...
and ages me.

DAILY PHOTO: Tulum Beach

Taken about 2010 in Tulum, Mexico

DAILY PHOTO: Rice Paddies in Sri Lanka

Taken in May of 2015 near Ramboda Falls, Sri Lanka

DAILY PHOTO: Little Monk at Peace

Taken somewhere in Asia (Thailand or Japan — I think,) sometime in the last decade.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Independence Palace, Saigon

Taken in December of 2015 in Saigon (HCMC)

DAILY PHOTO: Overlooking Lungwa, Indo-Burmese Border Village

Taken in April of 2017 at Lungwa in Nagaland

That’s 1,000 Posts, and I’m Out of Here

This is my 1,000th post on this site, and I’ve finished it just in time to get on a plane and leave the country, rounding out my blogging year with a nice round number. It’s been fun, and I’ll be back in early January to crank it back up.

Here’s a photo of where I’ll be.

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DAILY PHOTO: Orange Flower

Taken in March of 2014 in Coorg.

Taken in March of 2014 in Coorg.

DAILY PHOTO: Narayana Gurukula Bangalore

Taken on October 25, 2013.

Taken on October 25, 2013.

Well I’m back from my 10-day Thai Yoga Bodywork course, and will resume a normal posting schedule.

While I was gone I visited a couple  interesting places. One of which was the Narayana Gurukula Bangalore location. This small and simple ashram is watched over by a sweet lady known to visitors as “Ma”… and some really menacing looking dogs. Above is the interior of what might be called the main hall. There are some interesting stone carvings and artworks across the property as well as a little stone temple and a lilliputian book house.

I wasn’t familiar with Narayana Guru before my visit. There have been so many gurus in India, and it’s hard to know of them all. However, this particular guru and his disciples (one of whom, Nataraja Guru, started the Gurukulam) held forward-thinking views on society and spirituality. A Hindu, Narayana guru advocated unity between traditions and a focus on introspection as the route to betterment.