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Update from Mysore
We have been without Internet for the past few days, and now have access only briefly. We are in Mysore, very near the Mysore Palace. Apparently the King is in residence. As I write, there are enormous numbers of people wandering the grounds, listening to live music, and purchasing food and other items from the…
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Mid Way
Today is Jennie’s last day of teaching. Tonight we board a train for the relatively brief trip to Bangalore, where she will work for two days with a well established Playback Theatre company. Next week, I will join Dr. Eric Miller, my host for this trip, for a story swap, and other activities, at the…
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After My Talk
Its 4 a.m. I have been awake for a while, thinking. Both Jennie and I have acquired colds. Our throats are very sore. Sleep is evasive. Last evening I gave my long-awaited talk at the National Folklife Support Center. Dr. Eric Miller,the Director of the World Storytelling Institute, who has sponsored my activities here in…
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After the Genocide
(Due to having only intermittent Internet access, I am sometimes posting more than one post at a time. The following three posts are new as of today.) We are having tea. Outside, the ever present crows call ceaselessly. My Tamil friend talks with me about Ancestor worship and daily feeding the crows, the…
