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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. ~Elizabeth Drew
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. ~Susan Heller
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. ~Charles Kuralt, On the Road With Charles Kuralt
I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full. ~Lord Dunsany
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. ~Anatole France
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ~Lin Yutang
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. ~Seneca
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." ~Daniel J. Boorstin
It is not down in any map; true places never are. ~Herman Melville
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Ah the Road Trip! On a brief layover on a road trip from Michigan to Maine, back to Michigan and then on to Washington state and then finally, back to Michigan. Thus far it has been roughly 2000 miles with 4000 yet to go in the next two weeks. By the time you read this, I shall be somewhere in South Dakota or Montana.
I think I am looking forward most to the trip back from Washington as that part will be alone. Although I dearly love the friend I am driving to Spokane, traveling with two cats in the car is not ideal!
Coming home, I shall traverse the Rockies and a couple of other mountain ranges. I shall stop and take pictures when ever the spirit moves me and stop to jot down thoughts and ideas whenever my muse drowns out the cd that will be playing.
The best part will be driving through unfamiliar territory, making friends of erstwhile strangers and exploring lots of new places to write about. Research by road!! I'm hoping to avoid highways for the most part and stop when something intrigues me. I'm also hoping to avoid all the rain and road construction that plagued the trip east and back!!! But have gps, can backroad!
I think the trip west will be 'to get there' and the trip home will be to 'see.' I've never driven over the mountains to Denver, nor seen Pikes Peak or the flatlands of Nebraska and Iowa. I want to see the Mississippi River and stop in Hannibal. Taking a different route each way to maximize the things I can see and experience. Should be quite the adventure!
Write what you know is the old maxim and thus I am determined to 'know' more about parts of the USA that I am unfamiliar with so that I can write about those areas with a bit more knowing of what I write. One of the best compliments I've ever received was from someone in France telling me that a poem I wrote, that was set in Paris, was just like she was there, walking the paths I traveled in the poem. Research is a wonderful tool, but having this opportunity to actually see these areas will add a new layer of authenticity, a deeper feeling and a greater understanding that hopefully, I shall be able to communicate in my writing.
Last newsletter, I challenged folks to write something describing the taste of water. Two brave souls took me on and we aptly rewarded!. Their items will be listed below. This time i challenge you to write a descriptive piece about an area you are very familiar with. Will anyone be able to recognize the place without being told what it is? Describe a place or, even a thing. Will I know what it is? Again, serious efforts will be rewarded beyond the additional experience you will glean from having written it!
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Quick-Quill  writes:Day to day observations drawn from seeing verses merely looking are what give rise to authenticity which is by way of making the imagined (in our writing) real and concrete.
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I am going to take your challenge as soon as I can sit down and write it. I love this newsletter. The fact that you took Pharm students and had them get out of their comfort zone and write, really write from the senses about something is admirable! I think you need to be one of the Prof's on this site. I know I would take your class!!!
I am referring to really looking at the world around us; looking deep beyond the surface blur that we usually see. Something like not seeing the trees for the forest...looking individually at all the things, people and occurances that make up the scenes we see everyday and pay little attention to!
And you sound like a student I'd love to have in class! *grin* I so miss teaching!
Cubby  says: I often feel like a fly on the wall! I love to observe and people-watch. A camera? Never thought of that! Your newsletters are always inspiring, Fyn. And this one especially (though I loved the one about your observations on the customers who came into the gas station, too!) Great newsletter! ~Cubby ")
Cameras are excellent ways to capture the moment...not just for special days or holiday moments; but to capture the essence of a particular look or essence or place to bring it back, to refresh the mind when writing! I plan on taking thousands on this trip! |
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