Travel stories written while I’m on the road exploring. So many adventures and experiences pop up each day, I’ll begin by managing them under travel stories and invite you to follow along.
My brother sent this to me. It’s in German. The daughter is visiting her father and helping in the kitchen. She asks: “Tell me dad, how are you managing with the new I-Pad we gave you for your birthday?” Understanding German isn’t necessary to understand his response. How do you like the new iPad?
I’ve been exercising my entire adult life. Lately, since my road bike bit the dust, my primary form of exercise has been mountain biking. For two years now, I’ve hardly ridden. Last summer was a blur of taking care of mom and dad while surviving myself. I got in one trail ride last year. I
Persistence, surrender and listening Read More »
It’s late tonight yet I’ve been stimulated to write a piece before going to sleep. Yesterday, I facilitated my first full-day training in 18 months. Unsure whether or not I wanted to do that any longer, I sat with the invitation for a short time and felt it would be good for me to take
Inner Magnificence…human doing or human being? Read More »
It’ll be two weeks tonight that I arrived back home. And I’m still adjusting. The first few days were a blur as I settled into a “return home” rhythm. I slept when tired, ate when hungry, did nothing, read, shopped, and listened to the rhythm as my body adapted. Slowly, I began sleeping through the
Paths everywhere but which one to follow? Read More »
I have arrived home. Marnie picked me up at the airport and I’ve been home long enough for a shower, to till up and turn on my espresso machine and to do a hot water infusion bath. I had a nose bleed on the airplane already so moisture is important. I left the hostel this
Home now remembering and holding on Read More »
There’s a crab apple tree out front of the duplex back in Colorado. When it blooms, it’s really glorious! It’s fragile, the bloom doesn’t last long, the fragrance fills the air and the color is stunning. My favorite part is sticking my nose up into the tree and listening to the bees buzz. Ripe blossoms
One more night and the “hive” is buzzing Read More »
This morning I received an email from my friend who lives in Singapore. She didn’t write earlier because it took her longer to adapt to being back home than she anticipated. She was gone for one month. It takes time and there is nothing a person can do but give it time, be patient and
The pain of travel Read More »
It’s my last day here. I’ve been up since before the sunrise listening and writing. Now, I’m headed to the pool. Later, I may go for a massage or healing session with Nyoman and have dinner with friends. I know, so many plans for my final day. First, the pool for some reading and relaxing.
Hello! Yesterday was my birthday and it was a lovely day. Actually, as my friends from England would say, it was “Brilliant”. After a lazy start to the day, I went out for coffee, shopping for some herbs to bring back, bought a necklace for myself and went back to drop things off at Nyoman’s.
Birthday and Ubud update Read More »
The evening before NYEPI is the Ogoh-Ogoh ceremony. I hesitate to call it a parade although that’s the closest word we have for it. However, a parade goes all at once, this doesn’t. The Ogoh-ogoh’s are so large, men with loooonnnnggg bamboo poles accompany them lifting power lines and telephone lines out of the way.
NYEPI and Ogoh-Ogoh’s Read More »
Once I left the Gili Islands, I had smooth sailing all the way to Padangbai, Bali. The captain on the boat said the water the day before was still very choppy and he had to steer around surges. This day, the water was calm and smooth. I went up to a bench behind the captain
Candidasa, Tirta Ganga and Tenganan, Bali Read More »
It’s been a while since I updated here. The last I wrote, I was stranded on Gili Air. The boats were to start running on Sunday when I was there. I arrived early for the 10:30 boat only to find it had already left. Surrendering quickly to the reality that there was no boat, I
It’s been a couple days since I wrote an update. I’ve been told to check with the “agent” near the jetty for the Sea Marlin fast boat schedule and information on when they will resume travel. I have, did again, did again, did again…it wasn’t a pretty picture as they knew nothing. Via Skype, I
Still stranded but, not because of the storm Read More »
Yesterday, I learned why all the boats have been stopped. We are on the edge of a cyclone, not a storm. At the earliest, the boats will begin again Saturday, possibly not until Sunday or Monday. Some people say not until next week. The challenge with information here: everyone has some and rarely is it
Gili Air…not a storm but a cyclone! Read More »
The wind was horrendous last night, really loud all night long. The only thing louder were the people from Russia partying below me! That was loud. When I did get up and look out shortly after 6:00, I was surprised to hear the wind but see calm trees. It wasn’t the wind but the ocean.
Gili Air: I made it and am now stuck! Read More »
I’m on Gili Meno, one of the islands off the coast of Lombok. They do have WiFi here in two spots I’ve discovered which is slow and expensive. If you are reading this, I was able to get a message out with a few photo’s. I left Ubud last Saturday morning on a shuttle bus
On the Island of Gili Meno Read More »
This morning, waking to my last day in Ubud, I felt like having a lazy day and maybe going into the country for a motor bike ride. The weather looked good, the skies clear and a ride to the rice fields to take some photo’s of green sounded appealing. Once I saw just how clear
Ease, flow and transition Read More »
MY coffee interest and background keep surfacing here. I stopped for a morning coffee at Cafe Moka yesterday. Talking with their barista, I looked into the hopper and showed him how they could tell it was a blend of beans. Different color beans, different roasting profile, combined to make a very good espresso. It’s the
Coffee and Healing Read More »
Yesterday, I sat down once again at Warung KACU for a bite to eat. I’d been to Eddy, seen Nyoman, gone to visit the Holy Knife, stopped for groceries and was headed back to Dewa’s. I didn’t really need or want anything so planned to head back. An urge nudged me to stop at KACU
Surrendering and discovering Read More »
It was early September, Fall of 2011. I had just completed my first stint as caregiver for mom and dad which started April 24th. Tired and exhausted, emotionally spent and yet reluctant to let go, I walked away leaving mom and dad on their own for the first time. It was the only way to
Flashback: fantasy becoming reality! Read More »