I have gone to many holy places. Felt the quiet embrace of an Iroquois longhouse, the Vatican on Easter morning. Was blessed by a Hindu priest in India. Stood outside Muslim and Buddhist temples, walked among the graves in a Jewish cemetery in Poland. I have taken something from each place. Peace and acceptance. To …
Ancient people in the frigid north of Scotland, from 300 AD to 500 AD, carved designs into rock and fashioned jewelry from molten metal. They tattooed their bodies with blue plant-based pigment. The Roman invaders labeled them The Picts, the painted people. I'm fascinated by their art. I respect them. They were ancient people "coloring" …
Life is random. It's unpredictable. It's strange. I didn't give Nauvoo another thought and accepted it as a dot on the map, possibly a Jewish settlement from a long time ago. That is how the Fort Drum guide explained it. Case closed. But something strange happened. I'm a quirky modern-day explorer and a scavenger. A …
The Autonomous Traveler 