The Big Sur coast

Beyond the gate!

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October 29th 2013
After being turned back at the gates of fabled Esalen Institute on several occasions—apparently it's not okay to just "come in and check it out"—this weekend I was at last welcomed. All it took was a check for $800. Debra and I were attending a series of writer's workshops put on by an obscure literary magazine called <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Sun. Neither of us had He ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more