HeyJaredStories to Tell - Memoir and More
Sharing my writing (memoir, poetry and an occasional short story) and why and how I do it,
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Systemic Racism? (opens the original)
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Day 6 - Kerman to Yzad (opens the original)
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We have the morning to further explore Kerman. Our first stop is the Kerman Bazaar, six hundred years old and originally a caravansary. It encompasses three buildings constructed in the early 19th Century and includes a madrassa (school) built around a garden courtyard. Within the complex, which is about three-quarters of a mile across, are numerous markets selling rugs, spices, gold, clothing and household goods. The architecture is extraordinary, as we’ve come to expect.<a class="image-link im
Mahan (opens the original)
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We drive on to Mahan, burial site of Shah Nematollah Vali and renowned for magnificent gardens. Shah Nematollah Vali founded the Dervish order and died in 1431. Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe Palaces and angels of Eternal Paradise are no reward for him who brings good news of the garden at Mahan Great Caesar and the Emperor of China were not fit to be doormen for Nemoatollah Vali, King of the World Baba RashadAnd it is magnificent. The burial place of
Oz (opens the original)
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We head for lunch at what we’re told is “a garden restaurant.” This has been undersold, in my opinion. After our interesting but monochrome morning, we get off the bus, and the first thing we see is a joyful group of lavender-clad schoolgirls with white hijabs, eight or ten years old, playing along a stream, picking roses and throwing the flowers into it, laughing and running. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XBcL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_p
Days 4 and 5 - Kerman (opens the original)
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We board a plane for Tehran, then fly to Kerman. It’s a “lost” day except for the discovery of Cafe Glace at the airport — cold coffee with ice cream and, possibly, some caramel syrup. The following day, our tour includes the Gonbad-e-Jabaliye, aka “Mountain of Stone,” and the Icehouse, a conical structure engineered to maintain cool temperatures.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wzuu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2F
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