Bowing to Elephants is a travel memoir with a twist.
Mag Dimond has traveled extensively in Europe, and ventured to such exotic landscapes as India, Cambodia, Bhutan, Japan, Kenya, China, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cuba. Through it all she kept detailed journals and photographed all the adventures.
She volunteers as a writing tutor at 826 Valencia, an esteemed literacy program in San Francisco launched by local writer David Eggers. Since the 1990’s she has been a practicing Buddhist and dedicated member of Spirit Rock Meditation Center north of San Francisco.
Essays excerpted from her memoir have been honored in a number of literary contests, specifically American Literary Review, Travelers Tales Solas Awards, Tulip Tree “Stories that Must be Told” Awards, and the Faulkner Wisdom Awards for 2017. Additionally, she has published a number of short pieces on Elephant Journal, an online magazine with a readership of close to two million. She has been a blogger for many years; you can find current (and earlier) essays on www.magdimond.com.