The Dalai Grandma: a haiku

Are you here?

Here being North America -
APO Armed Forces, Akron OH,Alameda CA, Albany GA, Albuquerque NM, Alexandria VA, Alliance OH, Alpharetta GA, Amherst MA, Anchorage, Ala, Annapolis MD, Appleton WI, Arcata FL, Arlington TX, Arlington VA, Ashburn VA, Astoria NY, Athens GA, Atlanta GA, Auburn Hills MI, Austin TX, Baldwinsville NY, Baltimore MD, Bangor ME, Batavia IL, Bay City MI, Beaver OH, Bedford PA, Belleville IL, Belmont CA, Benton Harbor MI, Berkeley CA, Berlin Heights OH, Bessemer Al, Bethesda MD, Beverly MA, Big Spring TX, Birmingham AL, Bloomfield CO, Boston MA, Bowling Green KY, Brattleboro Vermont, Bridgeton NJ, Bronx NY, Brooklyn NY, Brookville OH, Burlingame CA, Calera AL, Canoga Park CA, Carlsbad CA, Cardington OH, Cedar Falls IA, Cedar Park TX, Champaign IL, Chapel Hill NC, Charlesroi PA, Charles Town WVA, Charleston SC, Chelan WA, Cherokee NC, Cheshire CT, Chicago IL, Chico CA, Chula Vista CA, Cristoval TX, Cincinnatti OH, Circleville OH, Clearwater FL, Clyde NC, Coarsegold CA, College Station TX, Colleyville TX, Colorado Springs CO, Columbia MS, Columbia SC, Columbus GA, Columbus OH, Council Bluffs IA, Cranberry Twp PA, Creola OH, Crescent City CA, Crescent City PA, Cudahy WI, Culver City CA, Cypress TX, Dallas TX, Daracut MS, Dearborn MI, Decatur GA, Dedham MA, Denton TX, Denver CO, Des Moines IA, Downington PA, Dublin OH, Dubuque IA, Durham N. Carolina, E Greenbush NY, E Meadow NY, Elk Grove CA, Ellicot City MD, Englewood CA, Endicott NY, Erie PA, Eureka CA, Fairfax VA, Farmington MI, Farmington NY, Fayetteville NC, Flat Rock MI, Florence MI, Florissant MO, Flower Mound TX, Friendswood TX, Gainesville GA, Garland TX, Gastonia NC, Girdwood AK, GlendaleAZ, Glen Head NY, Granger IN, Great Neck NY, Greenfield MA, Groveport OH, Haines City FL, Hamden CT, Hattiesburg MS, Havertown PA, Hayward CA, Hespena CA, Hollister CA, Homestead PA, Hopkinsville KY, Hopkinsville PA, Houston TX, Huntington Station NY, Independence MO, Jackson OH, Jewett OH, Johnstown OH, Kansas City MO, Katonah NY, Katy TX, Kennesaw GA, Indianapolis IN, Irving TX, Laguna Niguel CA, Lakeville MN, Lamar SC, La Mesa CA, Lancaster OH, Lafayette CA, Lilburn GA, Lincoln NE, Lock Haven PA, Hamden CT, Havertown PA, Logan OH, Longmont CO, Los Angeles CA, Lumberton TX, Lynn MA, Machias Maine, Madison WI, Manor TX, Mariposa CA, Marysville OH, Mashpee MA, Mcallen TX, McMinnville OR, Mechanicsburg WV, Mechanicsburg PA, Mendon MS, Menlo Park CA, Memphis TN, Meredith NH, Miami FL, Miami Beach FL, Millersport OH, Milton Ont, Minneapolis MN, Minot ND, Mishakawa IN, Montpelier VT, Mountain View CA, Mt. Gilead OH, Mt. Vernon OH + WA, Myrtle Beach SC, Napoleon OH, New Fairfield CT, Newark DE, New Berlin WI, Newbury Park CA, New Orleans, New Philadelphia PA, Newton NJ, New York NY, Oakland CA, Oakley CA, Oberlin OH, Ogden UT, Oklahoma City OK, Olathe KA, Omaha NE, Orlando FL, Orange CA, Oroville CA, Overland Park KA, Owasso MI, Owatanna MN, Ozark AL, Palo Alto CA, Perrysburg OH, Pinckney MI, Placentia CA, Pompano Beach FL, Port Angeles WA, Portland OR, Portsmouth VA, Port Saint Lucie FL, Pound Ridge NY, Presque Isle ME, Providence RI, Purcelleville VA,Randolph NJ, Redmond WA, Red Wing MN, Renton WA, Reston VA, Reynoldsburg OH, Rialto CA, Richardson TX,Richmond Hill GA*, Rockville MD, Romulus MI, Rosemead CA, Roswell GA, St. Paul MN, San Diego CA, Sandy OR, San Francisco CA , San Jose CA, San Leandro CA, San Luis Rio CO, Santa Barbera CA, Ynez CA, Schertz TX, Seattle WA, Seminole FL, Sequim WA, Severn MD, Sherman TX, Sierra Vista AZ, Silver Springs MD, Simi Valley CA, Snohomish WA, Solvang CA, Somerset PA, Somerville MA, Somewhere in mid-America, and on the West Coast (military bases?), South Burlington VT, Southfield MI, Southampton, SW Brevard Cty FL, St. Petersburg FL, St. Joseph MI, St. Louis MO, Sunbury OH, Sunnyvale CA, St Paul MN, Stillwater MN, Sunnyvale CA, Sycamore IL, Tacoma WA, Tampa FL, Taunton MS, Teaneck NJ, Ticonderoga NY, Toledo OH, Tomah WI, Tucson AZ, Tulsa OK, Upper Marlboro MD, Vancouver WA, Vermillion SD, Victor NY, Wachahachie TX, Wadsworth OH, W. Hartford CT, Warsaw IN, Washington DC, Waterbury VT, Waynesville OH, Westlake OH, West Linn OR, Westerville OH, Williamsburg MA, Wilmington OH, Wilmington DE, Winterhaven FL, Wittenberg WI, Woodside NY, Woodville OH, Worcester MA, York SC, Yonkers YN, Zaleski OH, and Somewhere in mid-America (perhaps a military base).
Burnaby BC, Calgara Alberta, Coquitlam, BC, Cranbrook BC, Duncan BC, Drummondville Quebec, Edmonton Alberta, Grande Prairie Alberta, Inuit NW Terr, Kamloops BC, Kitchener Ont, Maple Ridge BC, Milton Ont, Nanaimo BC, Niagara Falls Ont, Ottowa Ont, Peterborough Ont, Pinantan BC, Red Deer Alberta, Rycroft Alberta, Sault Saint Marie Ont, Scarborough Ont, St Catherine's Ont, Alberta,Victoria BC, Toronto, Trail BC, Welland Ont, Surrey BC, New Westminster BC, North Vancouver BC, Waterloo Ont,
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Red-letter Readers are those I keep seeing on the globe when I drive by. (Thank you.) Boldface green means, It's the first time I've run into you here, Hello.

Or there?

What we (here) call overseas . . .
Ashford, Kent, Ayr S Ayshire, Bathgate W Lothian, Birmingham, Brentwood Essex, Bristol, Crewe Cheshire, Eastbourne E Sussex, Halton Buckinghamshire, Huntingdon Cambridgeshire, Ipswich, Kent Gloucestershire, Kingston Upon Hull, London, Heathfield East Sussex, Great Missendem Buckinghamshire, Leatherhead Surrey, Manchester England England, Northampton, Oxford, Perth, Perth, Kincross, Rusper W Sussex, Sheffield, St. Helen's Staffordshire, Wells Somerset, Southampton, Doncaster, Cardiff Cardiff, Lindfield New S Wales, Stevenage Hertford, Sydney New S Wales, Surrey Hills New S Wales, Dronfield Derbyshire, Edinburgh, somewhere unspecified in England, my England

somewhere unspecified in China

Corner Brook Newfoundland,
Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Palermo Sicilia, Bayern, Bayreuth, Berlin, Helmbrechts, Frankfurt Am Main Hessen, Fredericksberg Hovedstaten, Gummersbach Nordhein-Weststadt, Hirrlingen Baden-Wurtenberg, Hoensbrok Limburg, Kodnitz, Neustadt, Shellklingen Baden-Wurtemburg, Rain Bayern, Speichersdorf, Stornstein, Stuttgart, Waldthurn Bayern, Feilitzsch Bayern, Wiedenberg Bayern, Alapuzza, Kerala, Watford, Hertford, Groningen, Wurzburg Bayern,
Dublin, Cork Cork, Belfast, Doncaster,
Grahamstown Eastern Cape, Delhi, Delhi, somewhere in Australia, Amsterdam, Delfgau Zuid-Holland, Leiden Zuid-Holland, Zotermeer Zuid-Holland, Czech Republic, Brasilia, Distrito Federale, Helsinki, Southern Finland, Mechelen, Grobendank, Antwerpen, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, Gold Coast, Queensland, Castellon Comunidad Valenciana,

Calcutta W Bengal, Delhi, New Delhi, Palembang, Sumatera Seletan, Kuala Lumpur, Pune Maharashta, Ludhiana Punjab, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Vac, Pest Adana, Adana, Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi Kajang, Negeri Sembilon, Santos, RIO! Sao Paulo, Putanges Basse-Normandie, Espoo Southern Finland!, Napier New Zealand, Aalst Oost-Valenderen, Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Arendon Antwerp, Saint Helier Sintra Lisboa, Prostejov Oloumoucki kraj, Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees, Keila Harjumaa, Orpington Bromley, Horibata Cho Fukuato, Rotterdam Zuid Holland, Torshavn, Makati Manila, Singapore, Durham Durham, Gyor Gyor, Ankara, Honbata-cho Fukuoka, Veracruz, Everberg, Panipat Haryana, Petaling Jaya Selangor, Melbourne Victoria, Reykyavik Gullbringusysta, Jiddah Mattah, Cebu Cebu City, Thanjavur Tamil Nadu, Szeged, Budapest, Attleborough Norfolk, Szeigthalom Pest, Middleburg Zeeland, Reus Catalonia, Vilikyi Novgorad, Sant Gall Sant-Gallen, Sampalac Rizal, Thane Maharashtra, Bangkok Krung Thep, Kempton Park Gauteng, Rostov-on-don Rostov, Saint-Julien en Genevois Rhone Alpes, Jau Sao Paulo, Comerio Lombardia, Kowloon, Ascoli Peceno Marche, Stellenbosch Western Cape, Limasol, Limasol, Puchong Selangor, Caracas Dostroto Federale, Thombury Victoria, Kathmandu, Seri Kembangan Selangor, Zaventem Vlaams-Brabant, Queretaro Queretaro de Atiaga, Taoyuan Hunan, Warsaw Mazoreiki, Sydenham Victoria, Riyadh Ar-Riyadh, Marseille Provence, Orleans Centre, Central District, Muntinlopa City, Rizal, Lagos, Willemsted, Makati Manila, Kabul Kabol, Imus Cavite, Ghedi Lombardia, Valencia Carabobo, Steinkejer Nord Trondelag, Mahe Beau Vallon, Lorena Sao Paulo, Cuntiba Parana,Vilnius Vilnius Apskritis, Jakarta Jakarta Raya, Puchong Selangor

Quezon City, Zelina Slovakia

The Dalai Grandma

Saturday, February 19, 2011

a haiku

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