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The year, the decade…the fuck?!

December 30, 2019 James India 2019/20, Life Under Sail

I love this retrospective shit, it’s just so… I don’t know, everything! …And indeed the teens were everything! We started the decade off in Baltimore, Maryland, and learned some hard[…]

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A Great Circle

April 16, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We sailed a great circle over the last week. Not in the traditional sense of navigating along the shortest path, but in the equinoctial Chesapeake sailor’s way. And we looked[…]

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Home again, home again…

March 30, 2017 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We have definitely arrived! Our crew here in the MRE dressed our boat up like an Easter doll for us! The guys at Coastal and Bacon, and our very own[…]

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Meenakshi Amman Temple

March 14, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India, James' Blog

If you’re thinking what I was thinking, yes! Meen as in meen kappa (fish curry with boiled tapioca/coconut/tumeric), but in this case, Meenakshi as in fish eyed, an old-fashioned compliment[…]

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Attukal Pongal

March 14, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India

I was riding my bike not long after 8 in the morning on the 11th, heading into town for Attukal Pongal. When an event is the record holder for the[…]

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More on Traffic

February 20, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India

I forgot to mention the elephants. They’re not as common here as in other parts of the country, but they’re in demand for temple rituals. This one was likely part[…]

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Cultural Priorities: Efficiency and Safety Margins

February 7, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India

James and I ride up to Ulloor or Medical College or Pattom fairly frequently. One of our favorite thali lunches (Sree Gauri Nivas, pure veg and de-lish-us) is across the[…]

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Bicycle POV

February 2, 2017 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, India

As nervous as I was about cycling on Indian roads (lanes, paths, cliffs), there was no doubt in my mind that it would be better than driving, being driven, riding[…]

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This is Tamarind

February 1, 2017 James Dena's Blog Posts, India, James' Blog

We went to a new lunch place today and got pretty freaked out. Prakash said we should check out the canteen at NISH (an institute for those with communication struggles),[…]

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Indoor Boh, Underway

January 11, 2017 Dena Dena's Fiction

A few thousand words in, I’m getting excited about this new book. James and I have been tossing the concept around for months, but it’s at my favorite phase right[…]

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