The Golden Arm

Following is the text for "The Golden Arm" by Mark Twain from "How To Tell A Story". I recorded this for Professor Winfried Fluck's "Cultural History of the Gilded Age: 1865-1890" at the John F. Kenn...
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:05:00 PST

L’ile de Re

Just now back from L'il de Re, a lovely island on the west coast of France.Blessed with the free 7-day use of a beach house directly on the Atlantic, Dave, Julie, and I embarked on a mission to do not...
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:50:00 PST

Amsterdam

Spent the weekend in the Dam with some mates. Main focus of the trip was to "blow out the tubes," as flaccid old hippy Jerry Garcia used to say.Amsterdam, perhaps even more so than when I lived there...
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:28:00 PST

DEEPER

While physical connectionsplease us,intellectual ones nurture,the emotionalsustain.Our spiritual bond, however,through binding,releasesand draws us closertogether,twines our rhythmin rhyme....
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:47:00 PST

The After Effect

After having successfully completed my 14-day no-food fast, I am happy to say I lost nine kilos! That's nearly 20lbs for you imperialists out there.Just a couple of thoughts upon returning to the Wor...
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:43:00 PST

The Sensation of Fasting

Today marks my eighth day of fasting--no food, only tea, water and diluted juice--and a lot of people ask me questions like Aren't you hungry and How can you stand it? So I'd like to clear a couple t...
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Fri, 25 May 2007 03:15:00 PST

Welcome to The Blog

This is just to say that I finally realized I could start a blog here and update it as frequently as I want to, all without paying for it!Not much to say except there could be a couple of gigs coming ...
Posted by Terence Kumpf on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:10:00 PST