RESPECT Songwriter: Otis Redding Made into a single in 1967 Recorded by Aretha Franklin in 1967 What you wantBaby, I got itWhat you needDo you know I got it?All I'm askin'It's for a bit of respect I was born in 1949, a time when all female children were supposed to be "good" little girls. This …
“Everybody’s Talkin”-Traveling with Forrest Gump
Like many people, I look back on my life and wonder how I made it out alive. I went to college at Oswego State in upstate New York. In the fall and spring, my college was beautiful because of its resort-style location right on Lake Ontario. I would find solitude on the rocky shores of …
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“Stop Children What’s that Sound?-Traveling with Forrest Gump
" Paranoia strikes deepInto your life it will creepIt starts when you're always afraid." Song by Stephen Stills Single released by Buffalo Springfield in 1966 This is the song on The Forrest Gump soundtrack that made me tear up. "There's battle lines being drawnNobody's right if everybody's wrong." 53 years later, and turmoil continues. I'm …
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“The Land of a Thousand Dances”-Traveling with the Forrest Gump Soundtrack
One, two, three!You gotta know how to pony like Bony MaronieMashed Potato, do the AlligatorPut your hands on your hips, let your back-bone slipDo the Watusi, like my little LucyNa, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na. "Land of a Thousand Dances" was written …
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Traveling with Forrest Gump-Like a Box of Chocolates
I have a confession. I definitely think I have an obsessive-compulsive disorder. In an upstairs room in my house, I have an art studio created when painting became one of my passions. While recently purging out some of my possessions, I realized I had accumulated hundreds of paint brushes, enough to supply a large group …
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India in Pictures
I loved India. Namaste. The goodness in me honors the goodness in you. Copyright 2019 @ theautonomoustraveler.com
India-Cremation on The Ganges, A Celebration of Fire
We traveled The Ganges at night in a wooden boat. The sun was setting, and the white sky was diminishing into blackness. As usual, I had no expectations; I was just content to drift on the water and take it all in. Direct experience is wonderful, but to a modern American, it could be a …
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India-Blown Away by The Ganges River, The World is Not Flat
Visiting The Ganges River in Varanasi, India, was not at all what I expected. It is world famous, and I have seen pictures of it, but to be there, to have direct experience, is a whole other thing. I have had this disconnect between a pictorial presentation and an actual site before, namely, The Great …
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Back off, Lady!!!
Spring is coming late to The North Country. I'm still waiting to take pictures of the shad bushes that, for about one week every year, break out in white blossoms. They seem to love to grow in rocky outcroppings and got their name for their coincidental appearance when the shad fish run. But this year …
India-Buddha Didn’t Care What His Hair Looked Like
On my tour, we went to a place called Sarnath. As usual, I had no idea what to expect. We went into the museum, and Rashid, our guide, explained that the statues of Buddha all had three interesting features. The Buddha's long ears signified the importance of being a good listener, and his ever-present smile …
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