Maine Reunion 2012

We're having a grand ole time here at the 2012 GNID reunion in Corea, Maine, at the house of Karen and David Wilcock. It's been raining like in the monsoons; when we go into stores or historic houses, there's more than a whiff of mildew. But we're all such great sports, it's no-never-mind. Yesterday we toured Woodlawn House (an antique-stocked superb sample of federalist architecture), then tasted beer and ice-cream in Bar Harbor, and ended up at Union Lobster Pot restaurant for choice lobster and other seafood. Today we went "ghooming" around the Schoodic peninsula, bought gifts at a real 5 & 10 store, had a fabulous lunch at the house that David and Gretchen Bonham are renting, and are now awaiting curry and rice dinner, an attempt to recover after disappointment that the Americans lost Ryder Cup. Karen and David are wonderful hosts--not to mention that Karen is becoming a wonderful weaver. The classmates that are here: Vivia, Sue, Larry, Betsy, Laurie, Karen W, Karen H, Bill T, David B, and Esther. We've been talking about the 2013 trip to India. Stay tuned, or email Sue to get on the list of potential travelers.

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NY Times Series about India

Here’s an excellent series of articles about modern India that you might find interesting.  (If you are not subscribed to the NYTimes online versions you might be limited in the number of pages you’ll be able to display.)

Paul Chaffee Writes About Shinnyo-en

Esther Jantzen brought Paul’s recent article from The Interfaith Observer to my attention and suggested that I post it here, and I’m happy to do so.  The title of Paul’s article is: “Shinnyo-en Memorial Ceremony Draws 40,000”.  It is partly about this impressive Honolulu Memorial Day event and Shinnyo-en, the young Buddhist order that is behind the event.  But it is about a more important need in the Interfaith movement.

Click here to see Paul’s article.  Thanks, Paul; well said (well, well written!).

Woodstock Food

For those who haven't seen this NDTV segment on Woodstock and it's food, it's a fun few minutes.  Remember the food we had at Woodstock:  bread and treacle, sh** on a single, and almost un-chewable meats?  What an improvement!

Slide Collections

Some time ago I did a presentation at Doug & Ann Pickett’s retirement center’s armchair travel program about the trek to the Everest area.  I’m also putting together other collections of slides, many of India in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

For those of you who might like to see them, I’ve gotten two collections together and posted them to my “under construction” website:  http://hanklacy.me/devsite/default.html  To see the Everest collection click on the top thumbnail in the left column.  The thumbnail of the Taj will take you to slides of India, mostly in the early to mid-50s.  Don’t stray too far – eventually all the thumbnails and links across the top of the page will be linked to various collections but it’s all a work in progress.

Enjoy.

Betsy’s Super Website is Now Live!

For those of you who missed Betsy’s Facebook post about her website, here’s the link:

http://www.betsywoodman.com/

Good show, Betsy!  Shabash!