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Author: HR Hegnauer

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Photo essay: Kora Walk & the Dalai Lama’s temple

Posted onDecember 17, 2017December 18, 2017

I wrote earlier about walking the Kora path which circumnavigates the Dalai Lama’s temple in a clockwise direction. We’ve still be walking it most days. […] Read More

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Gamru Village School Performance

Posted onDecember 15, 2017December 15, 2017

This morning we went down the hill to Lower Dharamsala to the Gamru Village School‘s annual performance. A few of our students from DU have […] Read More

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Ama Adhe: The Voice that Remembers

Posted onDecember 13, 2017December 15, 2017

On Tuesday morning, we met with Ama Adhe to hear her story after surviving 27 years as a political prisoner and then escaping into exile […] Read More

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Tibetan Children’s Village

Posted onDecember 11, 2017

This morning we hiked up the hillside to the Tibetan Children’s Village. There are about 1,500 children who live and study in this little village. […] Read More

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Triund Hike

Posted onDecember 10, 2017December 11, 2017

Yesterday we took a magnificent and very challenging hike up to a place called Triund. It was roughly 12 miles roundtrip with 4,000 feet of […] Read More

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Sympathy as a politically conscious act

Posted onDecember 8, 2017December 11, 2017

Over the last four mornings, we’ve met with four amazing women from four different oganizations: Tsering Tsomo from the Tibetan Center for Human Rights & […] Read More

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Birthday surprises

Posted onDecember 6, 2017December 6, 2017

Thank you for all the birthday wishes! My birthday started off at 3 am with a phone call from my credit union asking me if […] Read More

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Gu Chu Sum

Posted onDecember 4, 2017

This morning we walked down the road to visit Gu Chu Sum, an organization that works with former political prisoners who have come into exile […] Read More

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Dalai Lama!!!

Posted onDecember 4, 2017December 5, 2017

We had the incredible good fortune of hearing the Dalai Lama speak! He opened a conference in Lower Dharamsala called “In the Path of Buddha […] Read More

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What is your dream for your next life?

Posted onDecember 1, 2017December 1, 2017

What is your dream for your next life? “My biggest dream was that for my next life, I wanted to go to school, and I […] Read More

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Collaborating with Wonder

Posted onNovember 30, 2017November 30, 2017

It’s 2:22 am in the New Delhi airport and it is a bustling place! I’ve been people-watching here for three hours as the students trickle […] Read More

Pre-departure

Take off!

Posted onNovember 15, 2017November 27, 2017

We take off in 30-ish hours now. I hope you all will follow this journey to Northern India! My job is to coordinate students from […] Read More

Pre-departure

Tashi Delek

Posted onNovember 15, 2017November 15, 2017

gracias . merci . grazie . arigato . do jeh . danke sehr . khop khun mak kha . spasiba . gamsahabnida . takk . […] Read More

Pre-departure

What is a pocket of red string?

Posted onNovember 15, 2017November 15, 2017

A gesture towards kindness. A rest along a hike. A glance towards garbage. Two years ago, I went to Dharamsala, India. My friend, Joe asked […] Read More

Recent Posts

  • Photo essay: Kora Walk & the Dalai Lama’s temple
  • Gamru Village School Performance
  • Ama Adhe: The Voice that Remembers
  • Tibetan Children’s Village
  • Triund Hike

About Me

My name is HR Hegnauer, and I’m a writer, book designer, and educator. In whatever capacity, I love to travel. I love to learn what is different from what I know in my daily life. If I could go anywhere, I would choose the moon. But until then, I’ll write some notes about this planet. Thank you for visiting A Pocket of Red String.

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