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Ugh, I (once again) hate wage slavery!
Here we are, getting up before the sun, riding to the gym, working all day within a few paces of each other and more or less resigning ourselves to our particular version of the long term grind… …And...
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A story of a raw water pump
So we up-n-decided to pull up anchor and head-on in to Dena’s Marina as soon as we both got off work! (which is working out famously, BTW) We rowed out and as soon as we got aboard Dena went forward...
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I am…
… A ship chandler, and I think that’s a pretty cool thing to be! Back in the day, a ship chandler was the guy (I’m talking the “day” when not many women went to sea but I sure do think that’s a great...
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The Revolution is on!
So we got rid of our aging Rutland 913 wind generator last year in hopes of “finding the funding” for a not-so-antiquated system of 12 volt wind generator power and after almost an entire year of...
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Farewell to Nomad
Nomad, from the Greek, Nomas meaning, “a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock…” Not really apropos to our way of...
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Still…
…Floating. …Standing, …Riding, …Happy, …Healthy, (…Somewhat, my teeth still suck.) …Employed, (…Although that is a little weird) …Totally stoked to be moving back to Hindustan, …Amazed at how truly...
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The Harvest
We spent this summer aboard, as we do, while the world was coming apart at its logical seams. In 2012, when we took off on our big adventures, my (James’) teeth started really hurting. All of a sudden...
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Our Dogs are Barking
To explain 5 days of travel is as tedious as the travel itself. We were in the middle of the airplane and, on the train, we had the only fogged up window and couldn’t see anything. We didn’t really...
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Relativity
We’ve only been here a week. We’ve established what we’re doing, where, how…got a dentist, found a tattoo artist…made some friends and been adopted by a wonderful family. This is Bijoy, Soumia, and...
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Dena’s Birthday!
They say it’s your birthday…It’s my birthday too! Or it was, yesterday. And a fine birthday it was, with a couple hiccups. What’s a hiccup to the will-to-enjoy, though? Hmm…there have been a lot of...
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The 8-Year Walk
So we had to do it. We had to go back to the old neighborhood. What better reason to go than to grab some vittles from the Attugal Bhagavathy Temple’s chute for herding the faithful toward improved...
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The After Surgery Special
I (James) knew after I sold the Bullet in 2009 that I was never going to buy another vehicle to drive in Indian traffic ever again… …but that didn’t mean we were sentanced to being chauffeured around...
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Indoor Boh, Underway
A few thousand words in, I’m getting excited about this new book. James and I have been tossing the concept around for months, but it’s at my favorite phase right now – enough words on the screen that...
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We’re in this world
The planet Earth is a strange and wonderful place, as a matter of fact… Real fact, not just the matter concerning facts but, yes, the facts of the matter are thus, it’s the only place we (has humans)...
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Poovar and Prakash
Prakash came to visit! He’s the friend who owns the apartment we’re using here in Akkulam and we had a grand time. The day after he arrived we went for a nice, gentle, post-party trip to the resort...
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The rule of thumb…
…Here in Akkulam is; Honk first, then enter traffic as fast as you can, looking both ways only after reaching break-neck speed. This rule is especially important if you have more than 6 people on your...
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This is Tamarind
We went to a new lunch place today and got pretty freaked out. Prakash said we should check out the canteen at NISH (an institute for those with communication struggles), since it’s practically right...
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Bicycle POV
As nervous as I was about cycling on Indian roads (lanes, paths, cliffs), there was no doubt in my mind that it would be better than driving, being driven, riding a motorcycle, or walking. The first...
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Cultural Priorities: Efficiency and Safety Margins
James and I ride up to Ulloor or Medical College or Pattom fairly frequently. One of our favorite thali lunches (Sree Gauri Nivas, pure veg and de-lish-us) is across the street from the Medical College...
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Puja!!!
So we live on the 6th story, which is actually the 10th floor, of this very bizarre semi-finished building in the middle of nowhere called PTC-Aquavista. (Okay, so it’s not nowhere but it’s definitely...
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