The photos and thoughts expressed on this website about Kurt's Diamond Sufi Ranch of the 1970s prompted Kurt's dear friend Joseph Duane to pen his own memories of that magical place (with some additional notes from ranch family member Cliff Barney). For example, about the bamboo, Joe writes, "'Harvested stalks were put to innumerable uses around the ranch, and Kurt’s friend Super Dave crafted lovely shakuhachi style flutes from root ended culms. The bamboo inescapably lent an 'oriental' air to the surroundings, and Kurt and his companions were naturals for the roles of the Taoist “Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove'."
