Athens: The final chapter
Chapter Athens I freely admit that I did very little planning for this trip. I selected TourRadar and my daughter did the rest. TourRadar...
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Nov 17 min read
Santorini: Flying dresses and donkey butts.
Chapter Santorini Welcome to Fantasy Island! Around 1600 BCE, the Minoan volcano of Santorini erupted, spewing ash, killing the...
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mswood303
Oct 317 min read
Naxos: golden beaches, booze and a 5000-year-old olive tree
Chapter Naxos Greece is a part of the EU (which made travelling through multiple countries easy — no passport controls at each landing)....
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mswood303
Oct 306 min read
Paros: turning water into orange wine.
Chapter Paros Our next couple of days found us on the island of Paros . The ferry was smaller, more chaotic, and prone to the whims of...
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Oct 296 min read
Mykonos: The Windy Ibiza
Chapter Mykonos I have entered many airports around the world, in many countries, without seeing the cities — as fleas on a cat;...
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mswood303
Oct 277 min read
Iceland: Just passing through the Golden Circle
Chapter Iceland Iceland is a cold version of Hawaii — a frozen lava island with few and far-between conifers and birch trees. The small...
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mswood303
Apr 146 min read
Slavery in the Low Country, Charleston, SC.
Maybe I was twelve when I last visited Charleston, South Carolina. It's not the same Charleston that I remembered. Of course, that was...
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mswood303
Apr 103 min read
Dead Skeets and Battlefields
During this trip, we were driving over 770 miles (12 hours straight). I tired to keep each stop between a three- to four- hour drives...
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mswood303
Apr 84 min read
Hurray for Dollywood!
Previous Blogs in Order of Events: Kansas City Cousins Graceland -- A Different South Nashville or Nashvegas? The trucks didn't stop at...
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mswood303
Apr 54 min read
Nashville -- or as a cousin called it: Nash-vegas.
After touring Graceland, a three-hour affair including a BBQ lunch, we headed to Nashville along the I-40. Since leaving Colorado, and...
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mswood303
Apr 34 min read
Graceland -- a different South
Author Note: this post is best understood by having read my previous post on Kansas. I headed south and east towards Memphis, TN. I have...
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mswood303
Apr 23 min read
Kansas hasn't grown any mountains. Cousins are good people.
It's good to travel. It's good to move to a new city and find your way around. It's good to be good people.
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mswood303
Apr 5, 202311 min read
The shortest distance is behind a band of coatimundis: Costa Rica Spring Break
We made a critical error, a novice mistake — our bags were going past security and we were not. “Do we pick up our bags here?” I asked...
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mswood303
Dec 31, 20223 min read
New Year Meditation Script
Presence without Reversal "Time does not exist. There is only a small and infinite present, and it is only in the present that our life...
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mswood303
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Christmas in Ouray
I am SO excited, my poem "Christmas in Ouray" was published at spillwords.com. The funny thing is that these poems are often written...
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mswood303
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Meditation for Samhain
Samhain Meditation {Find a seated or lying meditation} Feel the earth beneath you. Perhaps the earth is cold against your body, notice...
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mswood303
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Marcy on Wellness
Marcy loves wellness. Always an athlete, she was first girl picked in the playground games. Earliest honors began with varsity 4-A state...
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mswood303
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Summer Solstice Litha Chakra Meditation
The sun has graced us with all its virtuous rays, the peak of warmth and the potency of growth. Litha, Goddess, Green Man and all fairies...
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mswood303
Jun 18, 20222 min read
Season of Sunflowers
To my Dearest M, You… I know not what I did to deserve the undying love you gave to me. If you are reading this, then I am gone, and you...
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mswood303
Jun 18, 20223 min read
Candlelight Meditation Script
Start with: Nadi Shodhana Pranayama – 8 rounds (alternate nasal breathing) Script: As you sit peacefully, begin to form an image of...
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