Postcards from Gravelly Beach – Global literature pod dispatches

Lanterns for Welsh Miners – Postcard #34


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Dave reads a smattering from Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac and original verse written in Germany in 1992, joined by Trauben the hitchhiking acupuncturist (who toils to understand a Welsh miner’s lantern), the lads chat about flowing chi, Cascade mountain lookouts the author as a young writer while attempting to communicate with racoons – possibly bearing gifts.

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Mountains awaiting gazing, not asking to be climbed

Music: snippets from Gord Downie singing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and Stuart Dempster‘s experimental live recording with didjeridoo and trombone from KEXP Sonarchy Radio Podcast recorded at Jack Straw non-profit recording studios.

Bonus: flowing chi, Cascade mountain lookouts (NY Times article) the author as a young writer

Poet Dave (L) and Doctor Trevor/Trauben as youthful hitchhikers in Europe, 1992, or in this case, London, UK

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    Postcards from Gravelly Beach – Global literature pod dispatchesBy Dave Thorvald Olson

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