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How a Canceled Trip Took Me Around the World
Framed in our kitchen is a world map, designed with black vinyl peel-off stickers on a stark white background. When I return home from a new trip, I…
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Dolly Parton Made Tennessee Feel Like Home
“I kind of forgot she was a real person. I didn’t think she could ever die,” said my 16-year-old daughter about the passing of Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton’s…
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Western NC After Helene: A Mother-Daughter Road Trip Around Asheville
Whitewater Rafting the French Broad River in Marshall, NC In the lull after a Class III rapid, while whitewater rafting on Section 9 of the French Broad River,…
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Cultivating Freedom in Philly at the Iyengar Yoga Convention
I almost did not go to the Iyengar Yoga convention, named Cultivating Freedom, held last week in Philadelphia. Since last year, I have attended Iyengar Yoga conventions in…
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50 Years, 50 Countries, and One Mat: Iyengar Yoga in New Zealand
Why fly halfway across the world to attend an Iyengar Yoga Convention? It’s a fair question with answers rooted in a milestone and a mission. I am on…
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50 Countries in 50 Years. Can I do it?
My brain is full of loosely mapped out travel plans waiting for the right time to make them a reality. While I was in India doing yoga for…