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Travel Photos: Thankful for Travel

Happy Thanksgiving    I realize this is an American thing..and you may not be celebrating as we are–but Happy Day, anyhow. What are you thankful for this year? Of course, I am always grateful for TRAVEL. Although much of my travel has been close to home, I’ve explored some scenic and interesting corners of America. After being sidelined by some back problems in the early months of the year, things warmed up. Here’s a quiet Thanks for the opportunities I have had. And I hope you have lots to be thankful for also.   April: Heard Museum Fair, Phoenix

Navajo felter at Heard Museum Indian Market
A non-traditional craft. Navajo felting artist at Heard Museum Indian Market

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Steinbeck and Northern California

The Great American Road Trip

Destination: Northern California (Monterey)

Book: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

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Monterey Bay

In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck makes poetry of an once ordinary place, Monterey California, and makes mythological figures of working men and women. (A little trick that he specialized in).  In the introduction to Cannery Row, he asks: “How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise–the quality of light, the tone, the habit, and the dream–be set down alive?’

And comparing writing to his other passion, marine biology and the capture of sea creatures, he answers, “…open the page and let the stories crawl in by themselves.” Continue reading Steinbeck and Northern California