Bali Museums
Typically when I travel, I visit and enjoy museums, as they give me a broader perspective and a sense of the history of the place, enlarging my actual experience. When I was in Egypt last year, I immensely enjoyed the Cairo museum with its spectacular exhibits, many collected from nearby sites. Additionally, I had an…
Adventure du Jour
This was day 14 of our trip to Bali, that ended up including time on Flores Island, another beautiful Indonesian island. Wait til you hear about today’s adventure du jour! It began at breakfast, when we exchanged waves with a cute three-year-old girl and her parents. We’d decided that we needed a day simply to…
In My Bubble
We know we’re each in our own bubble, right? Self-focused, self-immersed, with our vision limited, not so much by being myopic, as much as by an inability to really see beyond ourselves. Well, my bubble right now is one of excessive goodness. I was reminded of this by Matt Haig’s book, The Midnight Library, p.…
Pleasure and Disruption
What do you think this is going to be about? The title is a bit provocative, intentionally. I have just returned from an incredible weekend of pleasure, not decadent pleasure, but rather pleasure that expands and supports your best self. It was not self-serving and self-indulgent in an ordinary way, though it felt totally self-indulgent.…
Not Writing
It’s my writing time, but I don’t feel like writing. So, what to do? I’m approaching the end of a book I’ve really enjoyed (The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell) and I’m also nearing completion of a thousand-piece puzzle that I’d love to finish. Reading or puzzling? No, I’m a stoic, so I WILL WRITE.…
Not Only Travel
A Friend has suggested that although travel is one way to ‘deepen life experience,’ attempting to live simply may be a better choice. These thoughtful ideas deserve a thoughtful reply. I have experienced frequent internal struggle between my climate activism, living simply (as a Quaker), and my desire to explore the world. Last week, I…
Becoming Myself, through Travel
Considering whether to finish writing my book, I ask you, my blog readers, if this might be of interest to you and to others you know. My introduction may include some of this: In her evocative memoir, The Empathy Diaries, Sherry Turkle, MIT professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology, explores what process might…
Bursting with Energy
As I’ve aged, I’ve had fewer days when I feel like this, bursting with energy. (See my earlier blog, Aging and Ageism.) But, today I do, so I’m going to dissect it, or at least try. Here are some of the seeds of this burst, as there are multiple threads. First, I must describe a…
Love and Valentines
Simply the thought of Valentine’s Day conjures up visions that remind us of love. Well, I have both strong memories from the past and good plans for this Valentine’s Day that I am happy to share. In 1976, not on Valentine’s Day, but on Father’s Day, my son was born. Because it was Father’s Day,…
Electric Car Excursion to a Retreat
For about fifty years, I have been attending weekend retreats and workshops, one every year or two. Until Covid, that is. Sometimes I make my selection based on a skill I wanted to develop or lessons to be learned, sometimes based on exploration or simply self indulgence. Always the location, its food, and its philosophy…
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