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End of Journey: Driving Back to Beirut, A Mirage
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- a surprise on the side of the road.
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- in the car…
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- needs dissecting.
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- magic mushrooms?
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- needs researching…
Third Leg of Journey: Khensharah, St. Yohanna Convent
Our main destination the convent of saint John in Khensharah. We were visiting the first arabic press, unfortunately or fortunately it was not accessible so late in the after noon. We ended up drinking with father Charbel, the official wine maker of the eastern catholic church in Lebanon.
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- shall I give the sermon?
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- the big boss office…
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- paraphernalia!
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- oh yes, where is the wine maker?
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- easter eggs!
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- home…
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- filtering what?
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- arak in jugs.
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- roses in alcohol…
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- father charbel, we had a good laugh
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- we did empty few bottles.
The Journey Continues: Kfarselwan
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- fogged out mountains in kfarselwan 2400 meters
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- happy nuns posing in front of chestnuts tree
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- kishik being dried
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- apple trees every where
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- black figs
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- and more
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- more figurines
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- figurines on rock
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- nice split rock formation
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- road side constructions
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- interesting local rock
First Leg of a Journey: Pumpkin Picking in Tarshish
Roadside vegetable stand in Tarshish, Lebanon
Ramona in charge
the matriarch sorting beans
rooster’s eye beans
tomato past being made.
pick it yourself pumpkin and what’s there.
Apple trees
double red apples
squashed by big foot
wild tomatoes?
out of my way
getting full…
got these 2
nicely packed car
Anatomy of a Word
Dissect a word
A million-thing
Spills out
Letters fly around
Sentiments up and down.
Dissect a word
And it might slice
Slice your soul
Slit your heart.
Dissect a word
A word of love
A word of hate
A word of lust
One to drive you away.
Simple letters
Put together
Can be mortal.
Do not dissect
That word
Just move on.
