Geneva Diaries #7, #9

Geneva, Romania, Privacy, Pirates Manifesto,Magritte Museum, Rahu Ketu, Diwali and Diderot and d’Alembert 10/08/09  Dear Purnima, I feel like I’m still floating in a sea of neglected chores and catch up after being gone for four days, and that after wading through the throngs of tourists in Barcelona on Sunday afternoon.  We did catch aContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #7, #9”

Geneva Diaries #5

Indiana Jones, Inspector Clouseau, Nadir Shah, Tavernier- The Eternal Quest for the Kohinoor 8/13/09 Dear Roger, It’s bubbling up and bursting out to rival the jet d’eau, tell me how u like it? Jet d’Eau Geneva at Nighttime: I wish to persuade you that my life has not always been a dead end, and I amContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #5”

Geneva Diaries #4

Randomness and The Black Swan Servitus  8/12/09 Natalie Portman as The Black Swan: Dear Purnima, Wow, Talk about a random event – I just found this email in my spam box.  It is the first and only time that an email from you has been dumped there. Totally fascinating that you should relate Black SwanContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #4”

Geneva Diaries #64*

Kadambari, Kashmir, Hamlet, Haider On Sat, Jan 31, 2015, Roger Stevenson wrote: Dear Purnima, That’s great that you are going to do another trip to California via Geneva, but your choice of dates is terrible as far as getting together in the Bay Area. We are going to Paris in March and will be thereContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #64*”

Geneva Diaries #60*

Cartier-Bresson, The Lunchbox,  Greek Philosophers, English Adventurers and Awesome GF’s! On Thu, Mar 20, 2014, Roger wrote:Dear Purnima, And I can’t believe it either.  It has been a week and a half since we had our little stroll through the Latin Quarter. I hope you had a good flight home and that you didn’t haveContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #60*”

Geneva Diaries #59*

Privacy, Cyberspace, Human Error, T&C, Scrapping, Morality in Virtual Space Time On Monday, September 9, 2013, Roger wrote: Dear Purnima, Are you still transfixed with pins to a board, like a beautiful butterfly specimen in a natural history museum?  That is somehow an image that I can’t quite reconcile with my still-vivid memories of FrenchContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #59*”

Geneva Diaries #58*

Japanese Doll Kabuki 4/18/13 Dear Roger, Here is a print of my Japanese doll with the horned flaxen helmet, i finally found it and had to share it with you ( i just hope Im not resending). The Tale of The Golden Helmet – Yaegakihime https://www.yaegaki-kai.be/yaegaki-hime/ A kabuki play of a love story set inContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #58*”

Geneva Diaries #57*

Tiger Cave, Chimeras, Merchant of Venice, Blood, Biometrics, Technology, Genetics The Tiger Cave above from Mahabalipuram, India is meant to depict “yeli” a cross between a lion and a tiger but I see a chimera, a cross of multifold tusked and horned beasts, the perfect setting for our grand theatre!  5/27/12 Dear Purnima,  It’s beenContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #57*”

Geneva Diaries #56*

Vernacular Bible – Language for the People, Dussehra Ramayana, Emojis – Multimedia, Le Loi Pour Les Nuls  10/21/12 Purr-Gate-(s)Tory Contined… Dear Roger, How wonderful to get two emails from you back to back! So, you have not forgotten me, that feels so good…even though you may have forgotten my birthday. But your fabulously vivid emails reContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #56*”

Geneva Diaries #55*

Chats/Feelings, Saraswati, Tara and Ashwathama 9/12/12 Dear Roger, How wonderful it is to get an email from you from right here in the depths of my lows. Everytime I feel I’ve hit rock bottom there seems more to go, and from this point i’m no longer sure which way is up! Roger, you did somethingContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #55*”