“Diviners were …. what might be phrased specialists in cool, whose own initiation had, significantly, combined prolonged staring at the sun with training in the lore of soothing herbs and cooling, sacred water. The concern with herbs (green) and the disk of the sun (orange) immediately suggests a vivid sense of contrast in nature harnessed…
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What Happened in Nizwa, Oman? (Part One)
I arrived in Muscat, Oman on January 27, 2019. The following day I visited the home office of the company I was to work for — Al Nawa. On my way into the building, I noticed a car parked outside with the license plate 10914. When ever I see 109 I imagine it is a…
Literally. What Have I Been Up To?
I’m sitting in my new apartment. It has actually been more than two years that I have lived in this apartment. But, it’s new to me. I’d only lived alone in Los Angeles for less than one year (2004-2005) before I moved here in 2023. The rest of the time I lived abroad — South…
What's Larry Been Up To? 