Posts for November, 2008

November 25, 2008

Temple Bells

To listen to mp3 click player above…
(written by Ted (Baba Farid) Katrensky, © ℗ Sunram Music/Socan 1986)
Temple bells shining like gold
Temple bells ringing so bold
That frozen mountain pass
Wasn’t easy at the last
Temple bells, calling me home
The sun is a mirror of brass
And the cold mountain lake is like glass
The pilgrim on the road
Bends beneath his [...]

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November 2, 2008

Old Delhi

It is not yet 9 a.m. but the cool morning air has already been supplanted by a gassy, dusty heat. The sweater I wore when we left the hotel is off and sweat has begun to streak my forehead.
Our forward pace has slowed considerably by the time the ramparts of the Red Fort loom over [...]

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