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Category Archives: Travel
Coming to Peace with the World (Disney World, that is)
The relationship began with infatuation. Our first, brief encounter lasted only a few days but I was totally smitten. She was exciting and wonderful and new. As I got older, it was only the excitement I craved, but what she … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Culture, Parenting, Travel
Tagged Disney World, Grad Nite, Happiest Place on Earth, Space Mountain
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A Visit With Swamiji
The five of us bounced along in the blue-green van that seemed to have no shocks, twisting around curves on the dusty roads that snaked through the rocky hills outside Tumkur, India. A Beatles tape played on the van’s cassette … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Group Study Exchange, India, Rotary, Sree Siddaganga Mutt, Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji
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A-Broadening Our Horizons
We’re hosting an exchange student from France. She’ll be here for 11 days. Last month we had a student from The Netherlands in residence. It is lots of fun to experience daily life through the eyes of someone from another … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, Travel
Tagged Easy Cheese, Exchange Students, India, Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain, Taj Mahal
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The Unexpected Pastor 