I’m rambling, but I think I’ll continue to do so, as it makes writing anecdotally easier. Fair warning: I’m recapitulating my hastily scribbled notes here,…
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Playing at the Rosicrucian Museum
I’m back from Hidden in Plain Sight, the Rosicrucian Museum’s lovely four-day conference on esotericism. Not only did I have a wonderfully mentally stimulating time,…
Continue ReadingYingpan Man, Xiaohe Woman
Some random notes I found of interest about Yingpan Man: the “boots” were almost just little sacks for the feet, and clearly not designed for…
Continue ReadingMummies & the museum
The Bowers Museum clearly has someone working for them who is both extremely persuasive, and very well-connected in China, in order to negotiate such an…
Continue ReadingThe amazing mummies of the Tarim Basin
I was going to write in a rather scholarly mode about my visit to the Tarim mummies, but I think all my “scholarly” has been…
Continue ReadingSouthern migration for the Mummies of Urumchi!
Planning a trip down to the LA area this weekend for a potentially once-in-a-lifetime experience. Some of the astonishingly well-preserved Tarim mummies from China will…
Continue ReadingThe Genghis Khan Exhibition at the Tech (3 of 3)
The other really nice display on a 3-dimensional model was of a 19th-20th century shaman in full regalia. I was inordinately delighted by this (much…
Continue ReadingThe Genghis Khan Exhibition at the Tech (2 of 3)
We have the same situation of frustratingly half-told stories occurring repeatedly in the Tech’s exhibit. For example, exactly one sentence was dedicated to Genghis’ daughters,…
Continue ReadingThe Genghis Khan Exhibition at the Tech (1 of 3)
Try any of these books for more on this fascinating and amazing era. The Secret History of the Mongols was written a scant 20 years…
Continue Reading‘The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream’ by Paulo Coelho
(Originally posted in June 2005) Well, crudpuppies. I’ve been so head-down in work and thesis writing that I realize I’ve let not one but two…
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