The Land West of Long Mountain Project: Dispatches from Gansu and the Frontiers of Western China. Travel Stories Out of Asia.
A Literary Guide and Travelogue Chronicling the lands of Western China, Central Asia and the Greater Himalaya. A home for Peace Essays, too, and for literary writing about war and peace.
Our website address is: thelandwestoflongmountain.org
A personal travel blog and literary arts project. A creative endeavor. A cosmic adventure. A project for peace, education and entertainment. Our aspiration is your inspiration, and our deep hope of the heart is to leave you satisfied and tickled, too. In short: we hope our work resonates with you.
When you finish reading a story and travel on, continuing on with the journey of your life, we hope you leave the Land West of Long Mountain feeling enlightened, ennobled, and wiser. We hope you feel more full of love for life and empathy for all.
Praise, presence and joy. Praise for the planet and its myriad peoples. Praise for the earth and everything under the sun is what The Land West of Long Mountain Project ultimately aspires to sing. Put simply: the sublime.
To learn more about the project, you may read our first dispatch here.
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The Land West of Long Mountain Project: joseph.modugno@gmail.com
As of January 2020, The Land West of Long Mountain Project has no affiliations with businesses, brands or corporations. The Land West of Long Mountain is an independent, personal, creative project. It is not a business. At present, it has no ads and no advertisement, and it generates no revenue.
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