My epiphany came on a winter day when I was feeling sorry for myself. I call those kind of days "fat slug days" because during the cold weather I slowly slither along in my sun deprived paleness lugging around extra pounds from eating too much comfort food. On that particular day, I focused on getting …
Author: The Autonomous Traveler
My life has been metamorphosis from a shy, scared little girl to an adventurous woman who travels the world by herself. I am a grandmother and a retired teacher who is a lifelong learner with a degree in the social sciences. My trips are opportunities to directly experience the wonders of world in order to understand what unites us all and, as a result, to better understand myself.
Israel-The Kindness of Strangers
"Those who wander are never lost" Our tour bus stopped in the Golan Heights near the Lebanon and Syria borders. I took a picture of the UN jeep and wished I had the opportunity to take pictures of the military equipment being transported along the the highway. I never made it to Jerusalem. I honestly …
Israel-An Art Colony
An air raid shelter among the sculptures. Copyright 2020 @ The Autonomous Traveler All rights reserved.
Israel-The Temple of Pan and the Dancing Goats
How so very strange to have old memories that go way back in time to rooms with high windows and desks in rows and the smell of chalk. How peculiar to conjure up visions and facts about myths and Zeus and Roman gods. How startling to suddenly find myself in the very concrete place of …
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Perspective
My last post was on New Year's Day, a symbolic day of fresh starts and hope. I wrote about fractals and taking one step at a time as I looked forward to marching into the new year with energy and focus. On my first day at PT, I graduated from my knee bike to using …
Israel-A Kibbutz (not what I expected)
I'm from Upstate New York, way up state near the Canadian border. During my life in a rural area dotted with orchards and dairy farms, I never got to know many Jewish people. Somewhere, somehow I had heard the word "kibbutz", maybe on TV, maybe in school. I grew up in a kind of diversity …
Israel-Maybe Life is Like Broccoli
Picture Courtesy of wiseGEEK.com I haven't written in days, I have been putting off trying to explain the dilemma of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I have both Jewish and Muslim friends and acquaintances now. I want to learn about the world and its people but I want to stay neutral. The conflict in Israel is not …
Israel-Quirky Chapters in History
I lived through two quirky times in history. When I was in my teens and early twenties, I experienced the groovy era of minishirts, psychedelic posters, and Twiggie. Later in life, I observed the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. All through history groups of people have broken away from the norm, wondering if things could be …
Israel-Really Cool Ancient Stuff
It was like going back to the times of the Ben Hur movie! I was thrilled! Caesarea Maritima was build from 25-13 BC by King Heron ( yes, The King Herod of the Bible) as a major port for the Roman Empire. It was the place where Pontius Pilate governed during the time of Jesus.The …
Israel-The Seashell Lottery
On April 11, 1906, sixty Jewish families moved north from nearby Jaffa to the sand dunes of the Mediterranean to established a new community. A lottery was held to pair families with a building plot. Using sixty white shells imprinted with each family's name and sixty grey shells each showing the number of a single …
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