What better time to start a travelogue than Now? The older I get, the more I realize that I'm always just "passing through", as Leonard Cohen once sang. As for the word "bardo", it's translates from the Tibetan as "transitional space", or "time of transition". And yes, as my grown children delight in reminding me, I'm already way on down the road.
In a few days, I'll be driving the back roads to Arizona to take up house-holding with the amazing Diana, my long-distance partner of three years. It's definitely my time of transition.
After saying goodbyes for the past three months, driving a small truck of musical gear, books and clothes to AZ last week, and selling off all my furniture in a final garage sale in Minnesota, it'll be just me, a car and a guitar, stopping at every open mic and hot springs I can find between Northfield Minnesota and Prescott Arizona.
Daily bloggings will be via iPhone, most likely short and (hopefully)pithy. And if you have any stops to recommend, please don't be shy!
hi glenn, we're on the road too (aren't we all??!) but literally! only right now we're sitting on the shores of beautiful coos bay watching the tide roll in, and watching it roll away again (haven't we heard that somewhere before ??). we are soooooo blessed to own this property and you have to hang out with us here someday. we loved eugene (me for the second time), but no house quite yet. can't move for a couple more years anyway. then we'll be free to be on the road as much as we went. and there's a thriving uke group (i've become a ukulele player!!) in eugene-- yay. we're heading home thursday. will enjoy reading your posts. hope to see you soon! my daughter leith is writing a blog from france you might enjoy. zoe is loving her life in sweden too!
ReplyDeleteon the road again, i just can't wait to get on the road again. the life i love is making music with my friends, and i can't wait to get on the road again!! (couldn't resist after looking at that great photo!)
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