Packing for Travelling… written on the sixth week of a travel adventure; when one really knows what is necessary and what is not!

These packing tips were written on the sixth week of a travel adventure; when one really knows what is necessary and what is not!   I’ve just typed this up for a friend about to go travelling and decided to share it here.  If you wonder what kind of trip this list was for, please see [...]

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The New Year’s Eve Wedding Reception with Greek Beings

A unedited story created as a direct result of an Awe-Manac journal prompt to write about a recent event using unusual beings, science fiction or such..
 

Unbeknownst to the mortals involved, the Shot Glass Beings of Greek Faerie Origin came to life the moment of their creation. Like all those planning a celebration, they were particularly [...]

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Do you own this ship?

Exploring, Dreaming, Discovering…On my Turkey and Greece adventure, I met wonderful people and  heard their inspiring stories,  painted, studied perspective, (both in drawing and in thinking), hosted a couple of workshops, had some impromptu coaching sessions, reflected on ancient history and mythology (including the muses, of course!) and how it affects where we are today, explored [...]

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I have a cold! and Did you Know Evalee fed me her $45 Wrist Bouquet?

I never get colds.. but here I am with a cold.  I’m sure the cure is to do whatever I feel like.  Maybe I’m just supposed to relax and re-adjust to the coolish Canadian weather?  So, what I’ve been doing is adding photos, and some ‘addendums’ (in italics) to some of the travel and wedding [...]

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Oh sooo much I didn’t say! The Intentions List worked…

Hmm.  With my good old Canadian-style Coffee in hand, sitting at my computer with a keyboard that actually works, I perused my blog quickly.  Wow.. there’s so much I didn’t say!!! 
Like, did I even mention how expensive coffee is in Turkey and Greece?  And that when I did find a Starbucks in Hania… the coffee [...]

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Home and everyone is dancing.

This morning the stereo blared with Indian Music… we all danced.  Megan and Evalee danced continuously,  Cody and Courtney cooked breakfast, and I took videos of the wee dancer… in between dancing myself.   This is what people do when they get home from being away, right?  This is what people do when they have had 2.5 hours sleep in [...]

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Yay! I did it! The Nekrymantium of Ashyra.. The Oracle of the Dead

Since leaving Crete, the strained wrist event, the magical days at Delphi, and then an extraordinary bizarre day in an attempt to get to the Oracle of the Dead site…    well, I feel like I’ve been on a quest, and I’m ecstatic at having arrived at the Oracle of the Dead!
When I grow up I want [...]

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“What if a ‘worse case scenario’ sort of situation happened?”

If someone had asked me, before my trip, “but, Janet, what will you do if a bus drops you off on the side of a road with no instructions on how to get where your going, and no one around who speaks English,  and you have a full on migraine set in, and luggage that [...]

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ps lambs and camera update

ps.  The little lambs both got out of pen and became my friends.  Sort of.. at least they always ran over to see me, let me pat them briefly then snubbed their nose at me because I didn’t have food.  They were free to go, but apparently liked their home.  So that made me feel [...]

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A strained wrist brings me to Delphi Oracle Site, on this most magical day – Halloween and Papa’s Day.

I am delighted beyond imaginings to be in Delphi, Greece for this special day… Halloween and “Papa’s Day” – the anniversary of my Dad’s death two years ago.   I was trying to get to the Oracle of the Dead, but because of a strained wrist (was sooo painful, but now okay)  and a really [...]

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