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Bruce R Taub - Earthly Voyages

earthly voyages

Bruce in front of a temple.

The photo on the left was taken on New Years Day, 2012, the year I began this website, at the Remtuck Temple outside of Gangtuk, in the Himalayas, in Sikkim. One of the locked doors at the Temple had a sign written in English, which seemed very odd to me. it read, "No Entry without Purpose." I've tried to follow that guidance wherever I go, and whenever I enter.

The image on the right is a more contemporary photo of me on Cape Cod in 2024.

This site was designed with the intention of helping a half century of written work escape the bounds of its voluntary imprisonment … and, inasmuch as I had been actively traveling three or four months a year for the past few years in SE Asia, India, Africa, and the South China Sea, to also serve as a vehicle for recording and sharing my thoughts and observations as I travelled 'round the planet.

There are a number of main categories of writings on this site - poetry, travel, commune stories, memoirs, etc. I thrill to the fact there is so much fabulous writing and art being generated these days - in books, magazines, journals, on the web, and elsewhere - TV shows, student created works, plays, fascinating blogs, sculpture, and just plain old good visual and verbal art and intimate essential conversations. I almost resisted adding to the onslaught by not posting these materials, but the jailer was old, looking at death on the horizon, and tired of enforcing the restrictive rules. Besides, the prisoners were deemed by the highest authorities to be as rehabilitated and presentable as they ever would be, at least those that made it out into the blogosphere, mostly all harmless I trust, and restless for a taste of liberty and fresh air. This is also a legacy for my descendants and relatives all. Those who wish to be in direct contact with me may use this email contact form - or visit my FB page. "... it is not through the great skill of the hunter that success is achieved, but through the hunter’s awareness of her/his place in Creation and relationship to all things." Indigenous American wisdom (Crow).