Bad Friday PUB200005 and the same sacred calendar

and the same sacred calendar

and of ambitious men who ruthlessly seized power only to have it wrenched from their grasps

it's hard to find a history of New York City that doesn't refer to Henry James's famous 1908 story The Jolly Corner

Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready

his principal teacher being Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche

Bad Friday PUB200005 and the same sacred calendarOn March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9. 2 earthquake lasting more than five minutes rocked south central Alaska, leveling waterfronts, collapsing bridges, and crumbling landscapes. The most powerful quake in North American history and ensuing tidal waves left homes broken, children orphaned, and infrastructure decimated. Yet, from within the tragedy also came stories of heroism, community, and perseverance from Alaskans who rode the earth as it shifted more