Desert Traditions
…where new journeys into life, tradition & culture begin
Archive for 2011
In the Zone
December 31, 2011
That’s where I was told I was while in my local bank last week when the computer system was down and pre Christmas nerves were frayed. Agitation all around so
Jigsaws, Juggling and Journeys
November 2, 2011
Long before India appeared on my horizon I lived for a time in a small rural town perched on a plateau and overlooking mist filled valleys where mythical creatures lurked
Radio Silence
September 30, 2011
Not at the poles when the aurora dances (as it is right now over New Zealand) but in India’s ionosphere of communication. Something was certainly scrambled in her IT system
Parallel Lanes
September 12, 2011
Last weekend we drove to Newcastle – not to carry coals – that is elsewhere on the planet. This Newcastle, for those of you not familiar with Australian geography, is
Art by any other Name
September 4, 2011
Ishan Khosla’s post ‘What’s in a Name’ (see ishankhosla.wordpress.com) raises a theme that has long been bandied about in the art/design/craft world. When my earlier world in NZ was divided
While we Remember
September 4, 2011
The downside of being unwell is the sudden lack of activity, the lull in communication, the interruption to routine and a certain boredom that sets in after a couple of
A Chair for all Occasions
August 23, 2011
I did not leave for Ahmedabad at 8am today as planned, instead I am languishing, drinking thyme tea – as Liane recommends – and generally giving myself the ‘thumbs up’
Alive in McLuhan Land
August 12, 2011
A single machine rules my waking life. It (G4 Power Book circa 2004) grinds slowly under the load of seven years’ accumulation of useful and useless information stored over several
It is not raining in Santa Fe
July 31, 2011
It is not raining in Santa Fe … although summer thunderstorms are predicted – just as they were last month when clouds suddenly bloomed over the mesa and large drops
