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Footprints in the Dark

On March 8, 2023March 15, 2023 By The Autonomous TravelerIn Uncategorized9 Comments

There are creatures in my woods. I know they are there and I'm not afraid. The deer come at night to dig in the snow in my backyard. They like to eat my perennials, the plants that are not found in the woods. I respect them, they travel in the dark to stay safe. It …

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The Story

On November 20, 2022March 15, 2023 By The Autonomous TravelerIn History, Uncategorized8 Comments

Once upon a time there was an old woman who believed in the magic of books. In the days of folk and fairy tales, she would have been called a crone, a character type in literature that was rarely included in the epics of the male heroes and adventurers. A crone was a female long …

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Who’s a Witch?

On October 21, 2022October 22, 2022 By The Autonomous TravelerIn Uncategorized14 Comments

She was lying on the cold metal. All her sisters were gone. She was damaged, threads dangling from her clothes, the broomstick ripped from her hand. She was a dollar store discard, worth 100 pennies but because of the shaky world economy she now costs $1.25. She was alone on the bottom level near the …

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“SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!”

On July 28, 2022November 13, 2022 By The Autonomous TravelerIn Uncategorized4 Comments

I'm easily distracted. I guess I'm the human personification of the popular cliche about the dog who loses all focus with the shouting of the word "squirrel!" I am interested in everything, gleefully having a love affair with the world. I like sociology and art and talking to people and nature and cities and rocks …

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The Damn Funk and Wagnall

On July 6, 2022July 22, 2022 By The Autonomous TravelerIn History, Uncategorized8 Comments

I think they were maroon colored, upright soldiers standing at attention in a uniform line on one of the lower shelves of the bookcase my father had built for our living room. Looking back, they were a bit of democracy, readily available for all if the inclination was there. Everyone in my community had a …

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The Uncertainty of Being a Woman

On April 1, 2022June 26, 2022 By The Autonomous TravelerIn History12 Comments

A curse, some coins, and a killing. Little did I know that a road trip to an abandoned mental hospital would lead me to a story about the art world, a scandal and a tragedy. I believe everyone I meet is a teacher ready to expand my world view and increase my knowledge. The owner …

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Insanity, The Best Money Can Buy

On January 16, 2022December 17, 2022 By The Autonomous TravelerIn Uncategorized4 Comments

I wish I hadn't found the two old books Their stories upset me and took me to a dark place I really didn't want to go. "Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces."--Jean Jacques Rousseau I have become a scavenger constantly looking through the shelves of old shops and …

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The Lessons of Gossip, Slander, and Name Calling

On September 6, 2021February 21, 2023 By The Autonomous TravelerIn History6 Comments

I knew the man didn't like me as soon as I looked into his eyes. I hadn't noticed him as I walked into the darkness of the museum toward the ticket booth. He was about 80 years old and wearing a Duke University baseball cap and directly in my path. He tapped his mask, indicating, …

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Mining for My Soul and Discovering the Souls of Others

On July 11, 2021June 14, 2022 By The Autonomous TravelerIn Uncategorized8 Comments

I had a hole in my heart. I could feel it. The world was getting back to normal but on a personal level I didn't know what that meant for me. Was I suffering a form of PTS? I felt numb, aimless. I had great ideas for my blog but after many attempts to write …

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Dark Bar Rooms and Rainbows, A Fish Story

On March 13, 2021September 21, 2021 By The Autonomous TravelerIn Uncategorized13 Comments

When I was newly divorced and my kids were off to college I used to go to a place with a band every Friday evening with my single female friends. Heads up and stomachs sucked in, we pretended to be aloof.  Neon beer signs, the tiny red dots on the sound equipment, and a street …

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