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Writings mktdaf April 30, 2014

Writings: When Douglas Preston & the Dalai Lama took a ski trip

The Dalai Lama on a chairlift in the mountains of New Mexico, April 1991.  Photo by Bob Shaw.
The Dalai Lama on a chairlift in the mountains of New Mexico, April 1991. Photo by Bob Shaw.

This is one of those “made my day” stories that crossed the brothers’ and sisters’ desks, and we agreed you would probably dig it, especially at the end.

Thanks for a good one, Douglas!

Here’s the post, from Slate.com.

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In the spirit of noting that organized crime, organized baseball, organized labour, and organized religion tend to engender controversy & occasional discord, I promise to be neither organized or critical of those who are.

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