Another whirl around the world... Nicholas Vreeland November 8, 2016 to meet Mila, my grand niece with grandpa and parents to attend my god daughter Carolina’s wedding to Christian, blessed by a Zen wizard and then to Taipei to attend the opening of the new Denba Ji Center where Rinpoche taught A visit to Dr. Perng and Dr. Anna Li at the Veterans’ General Hospital to say thank you And to see Dr. Li who photographs his assistant with Rinpoche as a patient looks on Photography is a big thing in Taiwan! And then to southern Taiwan Where we visit the Yangchen School of Music and eat before returning to India, where we drive across the country to reach Rato Dratsang in time to do leg exercises on the roof My thanks to Basvaraj, the telephone line’s man who got my internet connection working again. Happy Election Day to all
A quick trip around and about... Nicholas Vreeland September 18, 2016 First to Rougemont to talk about photography and Buddhism and life and listen to Bach in the Rougemont church and enjoy a gastronomic extravaganza in the mountains. And then a visit to Savoie and to the grave of dear Corinna to whom I owe SO much!!! On to Northern Ireland, to stay in Castle Ward Junior with cousin Rachel and Nick and visit this little fellow as well as my father, who seems in wonderful shape with Sandra, his new lady. Much work going on at Castle Ward Junior. Ireland is very beautiful! And on to New Jersey where Ling Rinpoche visited Khyongla Rinpoche’s home and blessed our Kunkhyab Thardo Ling Retreat Center. And now back in India, enjoying the end of monsoon as I get over my jetlag...
A sudden trip to Delhi... Nicholas Vreeland August 1, 2016 A return to Jangpura, where I hadn’t been in years. Taxi drivers I must have known as children Their fathers who refused to use their meters and rickshaw cyclists who work through thick and thin, I took refuge in the neighborhood dive cared for by its kind owner and dropped in on old neighborhood friends Then took my camera for a walk through different neighborhoods and parks To Old Delhi… no time for ear cleaning or even a shave But found a hidden path upward, I suppose
Life on my veranda... Nicholas Vreeland July 27, 2016 The tree crawls in It’s cut back, a spider’s web remains Suresh serves momos for lunch Tonight it pours