Archive for April, 2004
Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
April 20, 2004
e-Postcard from The
Kingdom of
Bhutan
The archer slowly drew back his arrow, his hands steady, the bamboo bow distorted into a widemouthed sideways U. Unlike modern compound bows, which actually get easier to pull the farther you draw back the string, this traditional Bhutanese bamboo bow grew ever harder to ...
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Monday, April 12th, 2004
April 12, 2004
I felt like Ralphie.
I couldn’t think of a single thing. My mind was as blank as a mid-winter
Iowa cloud-covered sky.
Ralphie, hero of the classic film, A Christmas Story, in a final act of desperation to ensure hisdream of a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas, went to visit ...
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2004
Please see the PDF file at:
http://www.hackneys.com/travel/India/darjeeline.pdf
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