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Mud Between My Toes

Published 12 March 2008 Bio , Food , India 3 Comments
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Harvesting til (sesame) from the paddy fields of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Today was yet another pre-dawn morning. We accompanied the teenage students of the Sri Aurobindo International School to ashram-owned paddy lands, near Ousteri Lake on the Pondicherry – Tamil Nadu border, to harvest sesame (til).

For them, as for us, the outing was a way to experience the basic mechanics of agriculture – or at least one significant part of the process – and remind ourselves from where our food comes. It was also hard work and good fun.

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Pacific Spirit Mud

Published 4 November 2007 Bio , Sport Leave a Comment
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Muddy Face

The rain cleared, the sun emerged, and it was time to hit the trails of Pacific Spirit Park, which begin just down the beach from our house. The park contains 38km of mountain biking trails, which wind and intersect in a lush cedar forest above Spanish Banks.

Today, they were a bit muddy.

Blasts from the Past

Man Up!

... because the idiocy of manliness is an evergreen topic.

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Talking Turkey

... because Canada and the US will celebrate their Thanksgiving holidays and, regrettably and preventably, not 1-cook-in-10 will serve a decent turkey.

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Filial Piety Awareness Day

... because everyday is Mother's Day.

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America Dreaming Small

... because the American Dream seems but a distant memory, given the country's dominant ethos of small-mindedness.

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Serenity and Gratitude to Bring in the New Year

... to remind us that not every mix of Tibetans and Western spiritual seekers has to be nauseating.

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Incredible Vision

... to celebrate the new edition of Infinite Vision published in India.

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Expelliarmus! Harry Potter and the Path to Gandhian Nonviolence

... reprised because military strategy seems more cruel and less effective than ever -- and certainly there is a better way.

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India Going Nowhere Fast

... because cars are ruining Pondicherry, where I live. How badly are they fucking up your Indian town?

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Understanding the Gift Economy

... reprinted because more-and-more people seem want to understand the gift economy. (Yeah!)

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