Vivid inclinations

I live in south Tel Aviv. I live in Little Africa. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in this city. It is an oasis of multi-ethnicit...

Intimate details personal trills bubbles and bursting and bravery swells Inconsequential meaning and rhyme instinct is brewing ...

It will go down in history, along with the Oslo Accord and the Camp David treaty, another historic speech of vague validations and vows to b...

America is the land of the free and the home of the bling Walked the bridge today Brooklyn to Canal forgot my camera at home Here with Mimi,...

My two favorite headlines of the past year - the headlines I have had the pleasure of gracing Haaretz.com with at least twice a week, regula...

Sometimes, when you want to make a machine work, all you have to do is turn it on.

So it had to happen, change, and I was ready for it, or at least I told myself I was ready. Three months back in Israel, one more roommate g...

The day I left India, a friend of mine who moved there six years ago told me that it takes about three weeks at home for the novelty of the ...

Okay, so maybe I lied, or was misled, or misguided, or erred. Or maybe, and most likely, fate stepped in and said, "Aliyana, life is go...

If I haven't been searched for drugs yet in a particular country, it means I haven't been there long enough. Apparently, I've be...

This morning I woke up in a small room built of wood slabs and yellow tarp. It was very comfortable. When I opened the door to this small ro...

I am testing out my Japanese language skills now, since blogspot has been reset to Japanese on this computer. I'm sure I could change it...

same, same, but different. wake up, stretch my arms, sun pours through the windows, bathing me in heat. i look at the clock. it's 7 a.m....

Every night, on the Indian-Pakistani border, thousands of people gather on each side to wave flags and see who has more spirit. I was there ...

A couple of days ago my friend Chen said to me, "so are you coming to paint the school tomorrow?" I had no idea what he was talkin...

After spending two nights in Rishikesh (at least one night longer than I planned) I headed out for nearby Dehradun to catch the bus to Dhara...

(1) Trail to Dodi Tal / (2) Commercial for MSR camping equipment (or, Chandara and his son helping Peter with his stove) / (3) Chandara and ...

Photos: (1)Cows grazing in a field of cannabis / (2) Gangnani hot springs / (3) A cow loving Uri / (4) Cow after loving Uri / (5) Agora woma...

Photos: (1 and 2) View of Gangotri from Gomuk trail / (3 through 6) Hira village, above Gangnani

Rishikesh-Uttarkashi-Trail to Gomuk-Bhojbasa