DON MESSERSCHMIDT

Anthropologist, Writer/Editor, Traveler...

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

"A book is a door; on the other side is somewhere else." (Jeanette Winterson, English writer.)

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@wilwrite "A book is a door; on the other side is somewhere else." (Jeanette Winterson, English writer.)

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

Today, June 28 - projected: 113 deg. F. (45 deg. Celsius)
Tomorrow, June 29 - up, up, up to 117 deg. F. (47.2 deg. Celsius)...! We installed A/C yesterday!

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

It is scary hot,
A heat wave for the ages.
The West Coast on fire.

Haiku inspired by record heat in Washington state (where I live) and Oregon (south across the Columbia River). Today June 27 at 111° F./44° C. HOT! - ("A heat wave for the ages" (quoting writer Rob't Macfarlane).

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

@drprshankar projected to top all records today - 113 deg. F. (47 C. !!!).
We had 2 small A/C units installed yesterday to cope with it. Otherwise, it's all fans.

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

Our long lost cousin, perhaps? -- https://t.co/ISlvthC8a7

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@RobGMacfarlane...what do mean in The Old Ways (Flint) when you " woke to a kingfisher dawn"? ..don m.

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

The man atop is a SHERPA. The overwhelming preponderance of writings on the Himalayas is by white men, and a few white women. What Nepali, Indian, Bhutanese, Tibetan and other Himalayan writers have published on the Himalayas are excellent, but unfortunately in the minority.

[La.Lit @LaLitmag]

A great, diverse reading list about the Himalayas, including fiction, memoir, and translation. Also featuring La.Lit editor @rabithapa! https://t.co/w8naJwYfgv

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

@GuerillaMemoir Right on, and over the nose please.

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Clever cover, and timely!

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I stand with @DemandProgress and want Congress to include Broadband for All in the next stimulus bill! https://t.co/pIXzJ5b7N7 @SenatorCantwell

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I stand with @DemandProgress and want Congress to include Broadband for All in the next stimulus bill! https://t.co/pIXzJ5b7N7 @PattyMurray

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I stand with @DemandProgress and want Congress to include Broadband for All in the next stimulus bill! https://t.co/pIXzJ5b7N7 @HerreraBeutler

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

@joshi_sushma Hi, Sushma.
We in Amrika are doing the real thing: social distancing if going out, but mostly staying home, going nowhere, no excuses. The c-virus is very real on this side of the pond. How many times have i washed my hands? & its hard to avoid touching mouth, nose, & eyes.

[ArtsJournal @ArtsJournalNews]

How The U.S. Cultural World Is Bracing For Coronavirus:

“Ushers in some theaters are wearing latex gloves. Museums are installing hand sanitizer dispensers as if they were pieces of art. Audience members are being told: If you have a cough, please, tra… https://t.co/2dlF2APuJG

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

I know the feeling: “When he’d been young, your seventies had counted as old, but not these days. Say, youngish up to sixty; then middle-aged ... through the sixties and seventies... Sharp as ever, hale, hearty...” -- not yet done for! (From 'Akin', an Emma Donoghue novel (2019).

[K. Freek @solomonfreek13]

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[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

As a writer/editor, I, too, agree with Benjamin Dreyer's advice... and note that his book, 'Dreyer's English: 'An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style', is full of much more good advice. One of my best (and fun) recent reads!

[Pranaya Rana @inkthink]

As an editor, I echo this.

[DON MESSERSCHMIDT @don_bajey]

@GuerillaMemoir As early as a pre-teen I wanted to be an anthropologist. I was and I am, and have had a great life of it, mostly in the Himalayas. I now write stories about my high adventures.