"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust Every weekday morning before I retired, I drove to school down the same country road. You won't find my route in any guidebooks. It is just an ordinary rural asphalt passage through Northern New York State. But …
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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 …
My Imaginary (and Real) Friends
Because of family dynamics and the fact that I was very shy, I spent a lot of time alone when I was growing up. But life is about adaptability and I came to enjoy my own company. I always found things to do, to see , to ponder. When my life became too overwhelming I …
India in Pictures
I loved India. Namaste. The goodness in me honors the goodness in you. Copyright 2019 @ theautonomoustraveler.com
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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India-Handicrafts
On my tour we were able to visit places that engaged in traditional Indian crafts. Henna Painting Ceramics Papermaking Indian paper shopping bags and boxes are in stores all over the world. Rugs Semiprecious Stone and Marble Inlays Copyright 2019 @ theautonomoustraveler.com
India-The Hindu Salutation of the Dawn
I am a gatherer, not a hunter. I wander and obtain things randomly. This trait may have been influenced by ancient ancestral memories. I first realized the roots of this when I read Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Aurel. I loved that book because of its informative portrayal of life in caveman days. …
India-The Value of Education and Stubbornness
Education is of very great importance to me, followed by the quality of stubbornness. Like many families, my relatives don't like to talk much about feelings. Dark secrets are buried and many tales are hidden away. As Yuval Noah Harari, writes in his book, Sapien, all cultures are based on stories and those in power decide which stories will dominate. But I …
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India-A Travel Hangover
. I haven't written in a few weeks, I have been caught up in American culture. I went to a college sorority reunion and spent a few days at an ocean resort. I reside now in a sort of purgatory. I'm a student of Eastern practices (mindfulness and meditation) living in the Western world. I'm …
India- Beneath the Colorful Sights,Women’s Issues
I'm a stubborn optimist. But maybe I carry it too far. I wanted so badly to bring back home a lovely picture of India and dispel the dirty, dark shadows that label this country. Three months later, a orange piece of twine remains on my wrist, tied there by a Hindu holy man as a …
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