finding beauty in the everyday
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Good morning, sunshine!
It’s been a while! I keep waiting for something to want to be written, but feel that one month after returning from India and one week before returning to work, I might need to force the issue. I have been a hermit. Not a depressed hermit, nor a sad or lonely one. Just one who is…
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Chapter 5- Unexpected Answer.
Since returning to LA, several friends have asked what about India made the biggest impression. Favorite places, experiences, or memories… My answer surprised both them and me. The animals. I miss the way in which animals were just a part of everything. They weren’t anyone’s, but they were everyone’s, more like neighbors than pets. The…
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Chapter 4- You must have confidence.
“You must have confidence, madam, to live in India.” Lokesh, our driver in Rajasthan. Lokesh becomes our second driver one week into the trip, in Jaipur, after his brother Hari’s foot is run over by a scooter. Saris on the backs of motorcycles, sidesaddle, their backs to us, the man driving in front. Colored silk…
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