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Lola Brooks

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code name: ratnangadam  (sanskrit for jewel-encrusted)naturally, we like that…but we also just like the way it rolls off our tongue  So.  Here it is folks, and introduction on how to ring in the new year like you really mean it.  My pal Scott, a charming and belligerent student from the belt-buckle class(appropriately titled “buckle up!”) I taught @ Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina a few years back, has apparently snookered me into being his co-pilot on a 5000 km rickshaw run through the hinterlands of India.  It’s lookin’ an awful lot like we, and somewhere around 67 other teams will be setting out from the deserts of Jaisalmer in eastern Rajasthan on January 1st, headed for points south, and if all goes well & even if it doesn’t, I suppose, we will be landing somewhere in Kerala a few weeks later, looking for a few days of recovery on the beach. Yes, you heard right, we will be driving a classic tuk-tuk from one end of India to the other, through all manner of terrain.  Just so we understand each other, according to wikipedia, an auto rickshaw is generally characterized by a sheet-metal body or open frame resting on three wheels, a canvas roof with drop-down sides, a small cabin in the front of the vehicle for the driver, and seating space for up to three passengers in the rear. They are generally fitted with an air-cooled scooter version of a two-stroke engine, with handlebar controls instead of a steering wheel. And in my experience this is exactly right, although something about this description almost makes it sound like a reliable mode of transportation.  This, it is not.  What’s that you say?  It sounds maniacal?  Well of course it is, but then it is all for a good cause, as we will be raising $$ for Frank Water Projects, a charity which funds sustainable clean water projects in developing countries across the world.  So YES!  We are soliciting your good will and deep pockets in order to make some small difference here.  Please note that we are not the least bit picky so any amount, no matter how big or small will do the trick.  Please visit our donation widget often and make it your new years resolution to shed those excess pounds, and remember 1£≈$1.60.  (Or if you want to feel really generous think of your donation in rupees, where 1£ will buy you almost 71INR) Lola

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