once upon a time...

it will be a long week, dragging its heels one day to the next...or it will be gone in a flash, slipping between the unseen cracks in the calendar. regardless, in seven days i will be boarding an airplane bound for india.

for many years i have considered this adventure, and each year my considerations have suffered relegation. this year, however, india pushed and shoved her way to the fore and i must go. excited, scared, and blessed to begin this sojourn (some say i may linger on indefinitely), i am sorting, sifting and weighing many things in preparation. i have pared down my belongings, sold off treasures and shut down operations. now, with a lighter load and brighter eyes i look east.