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Thailand Tee Tells Its Side of the Story 2006-11-15 00:33:00
It was June of 2001, and our group of ten or so were preparing to return to Tibet. Some members of our core group were there in 1998 making our film about Tibet which went on to become a PBS success. Now we were going back, but this time our primary destination was the holy mountain of Mount Kailash.
My partner and I had made a fatal mistake in inviting two of our other friends to join our group. Although devout Buddhists, the male of the two was also an activist and a Grand A Plus Alpha Male. He conflicted with the other Alpha Male Leader of the group, and because my partner and I had been the one to issue the invitation for them to join the group, we were (uncomfortably) caught in the middle of the rivalry and conflict. On top of the alpha clash, as soon as we had arrived, we heard from our guide that Kailash was closed and would remain closed indefinitely. Apparently, there had been a Tibetan demonstration near Kailash, and thus the Chinese cl Read more:Thailand
Yellowstone Redux 2006-10-30 05:39:00
The first time I saw a grizzly bear, I thought it was a live teddy bear, and I broke free from my Mother's grasp and ran to pat it in Yellowstone Park. People in the campground backed away in fear as the bear slowly ambled through the grounds. I felt no fear. It was a teddy bear to me. My Mother said she gained all her white hair that day. Of course, the grizzly paid me no heed, for I was fearless, loving and foolish. It just kept walking. I loved Yellowstone because of the bears, the geysers and the energy!
That scene was a long time ago, and when I finally returned later with three others passing through on a roadtrip in the 2,000's, forest fires had ravaged much of Yellowstone, and we saw black stumps and charred forests everywhere. The park and energies were eerie, and it was the time of the Full Moon (see photo).
We stayed at the prestigious Old Faithful Inn, an amazing place with 65 foot ceilings, railings made of lodgepole pine, and a massive, roaring rhyolite fireplac Read more:Redux
Tibet Tee-Shirt Tells Its Version of the Trip 2006-10-19 06:27:00
This is a special edition tee-shirt made in Kathmandu, Nepal after returning from the arduous journey for which the documentary, "Journey Inside Tibet
" was produced in 1998. I made this tee-shirt as a batch of 10 for those of us that perserved and were the primary leaders of this journey. The stars of the film are the renowned flautist Paul Horn and the (now deceased) Lama Tenzin, the former Tibetan Buiddhist Lama of the Dharma Center of Maui, Hawaii. Twenty-eight people made the pilgrimage to Tibet from their respective homes in Hawaii, Arizona, California and Canada to the forbidding, rugged land of Tibet where the air is thin and two miles above sea level. It was an epic journey, and one which resulted in the documentary being very successful with many awards and also playing on PBS for several years.
Here is some of the back story about the pilgrimage to Tibet:
Three sides of Tibet are formed with the highest mountains in the world. Tibet has long been known as the Roof of Read more:Shirt
Egyptian T-Shirt Talks Story 2006-10-10 01:54:00 It was early morning. It was cold. Our group walked quietly to the Great Pyramid of Giza before it was officially open to the public, and we waited impatiently outside for the guard to let us in. Inside we were to perform an initiation ceremony in the "Pit" (the lowest accessible part of the Great Pyramid allowed to tourists) with the famous presenters from the tour group and a well-known Egyptian
guide leading this ceremony. My stomach was queasy, but I didn't know why. I just knew that my stomach always "knows" something is important and to pay attention. I (usually) listen to my gut. It speaks truth. My gut was telling me to not go in. And yet, I had come so far, and were I to back-out now and not participate, many of my fellow group members would be disappointed that I had abandoned them. So I shuffled ahead with the group into the stinky urine-drenched pyramid and crawled on my belly down a long tight tunnel to the opening that is called The Pit.It was with many years of hindsigh Read more:Shirt
Another T-Shirt Talks Story 2006-08-18 21:48:00
THE FACE IN THE ABYSS
"Imagination is the eye of the soul" Joubert
Flying over the Nazca designs and peering at them from the vantage point of a small plane, I reflected back upon my altered-state experience in the small town of Aguas Calientes. My thoughts were of the magic that happened there and how it had shifted me to another level.
With ninety percent of Gringo Bill's hostel empty, I began exploring the original one-of-a-kind rooms which were left with doors open. I found a second- story room with a huge wraparound deck looking out over the main plaza of the village and homesteaded it so I wouldn't have to deal with Diana for awhile. The room had been painted a bright fuschia color with a round tantric-style mural of a couple making love painted on one wall. Outside on the deck, I pulled up an old wooden chair and parked myself squarely in the corner…queen of the castle! From here I had a marvelous view of the mountains in the distance, the people coming and goin Read more:Shirt
What Tequila Will Do 2006-08-17 13:00:00
And so I offer yet another t-shirt saga with the story conceived in Las Vegas under the influence of tequila at the Hard Rock Resort and Casino. Maybe this t-shirt and story will excite a better trade at Craigslist. Then again...maybe this is merely a storytelling blog. Time will tell where the energies are going to lead. Leave your comments on which stories you would like to hear more of.
RETURN OF THE WHITE DOLPHIN
As the movie opens we see a group of children aging from 6-14 sitting around a campfire on the beach with an older man, their scout-master/leader. There are no stars in the sky as the firmanent has now been replaced, and the night sky is muted and appears to be of an opaque silver tone. This camping trip is an exciting outing for the children as they rarely get to set foot on land. Now their homes are structures which float on the water held down by cement pilings. The former land masses worldwide had been diminished in size at the time of the Great Shift, Read more:Tequila
No Takers 2006-08-12 21:43:00
Thus far I've had a very poor response to my online ad on Craigslist, so I posted on another upstart online free classified site this week. Nada. Zip. Zero action. This feeble return is why I've decided to up- the- stakes with a bolder headline this coming week as the headline "Be A Part of History" is only attracting a few traders for the vintage t-shirt.
I'm considering a way more outrageous headline to attempt to move this blog along to fame and fortune. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
Deep In The Heart of Big Ol Texas 2007-01-05 00:50:00 Texas
is so big you don't realize HOW big it is until you drive it!
If you drive the width of it from East to West, you seriously think you'll never EVER get out of Texas, especially by the time you get into West Texas
. When you finally cross the state border to
New Mexico
, you feel exhausted and at the same time exhilarated. If you travel North to South from the Oklahoma border down to say Padre Island on the Gulf of Mexico, same thing. Dang!
Texas
takes up a lot of space!
(To illustrate this large quality, I have gone over the border of this blog for fun!)
Having explored Texas somewhat in my life, I would need at least three more lifetimes to say I've seen most of
Texas
. It's best to take
Texas
in bite-size chunks, small trips where you concentrate on one neighborhood to explore so you don't overwhelm yourself with the vastness.
My most recent trip to Texas I did just that: Central Texas or what is called "Deep In The Read more:Heart
Say What!? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Another offer from Craigslist for the Machu Picchu t-shirt: "I would be willing to trade a pomegranite tree for your tee-shirt. You dig up this 6' tree out of my back yard, and it's a trade......"Next!
First Offer To Trade for T-Shirt 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Photo: terragalleria"Re: the Machu Picchu t-shirt. First
of all what size is it? I have fresh papaya and avocado. If you can post a picture I may throw in a large fish steamer, a french bread pan, and a professional chef whisk.Thanks for your consideration,"Name Removed by Me (Kuanyin)Note: I had uploaded two photos of this t-shirt to Craigslist when I posted the barter ad, but when I went back to check today, I didn't see them. Where did they go? I have a mystery on my hands. Read more:Trade
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Birth of Vintage Tees 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have been a long-time collector of t-shirts, and 99 % of them have never been worn. These t-shirts were purchased at concerts and on journeys to exotic places, or gifted from friends, strangers and companies. The intention of this blog is to showcase them, share their stories (as written by me) and trade them on Craig's List for something else. Read more:Vintage
Let the stories of the vintage t-shirts begin! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Date With Destiny"The important thing is this: to be able at a moment's notice to sacrifice what we are for what we could become" Charles du BosMaria reached into her white apron and pulled out a handful of silvery green leaves and then gently and expertly cast them on the worn woven cloth. Our foursome was mesmerized as we watched the exotic Maria interpret the patterns that were displayed for we knew that Maria, an elderly Aymara Yatiti native ceremonial healer and seer in Peru, was communing with the spirits and that these piles of coca leaves were revealing the essence of our lives. She squinted into the high altitude sun. Her eyes sparkled like tiny twinkling orbs, and with her unfocused gaze, I felt as if she saw beyond time and space.Each time she threw the hundreds of coca leaves again for more information, the leaves would speak to her in more detail about our individual stories. The translator relayed our questions to her, and in turn relayed the answers from Maria. B Read more:begin
Photo Journey of Tibet 2007-03-19 19:11:00 I finally uploaded some of the thousands of photos I took when we journeyed to Tibet
in 1998 which correlates with the post I made on Oct 18th titled "Tibet Tee-Shirt Tells Its Version of The Trip." Under each photo, I will leave a brief caption of the photo. Some of the photos are in black & white, but most are in color.This is the mini-bus our group traveled in from Nepal into Tibet. Note the rocky road! This was a very dangerous road, and sometimes we had to get out of the bus while the driver was aided by an assistant in especially difficult spots.Here the driver is being guided through a glacier!The Potala Palace in Lhasa, TibetMe at 18,000 feet altitude at one of the very highest passes bundled up with many layersA altar and mural painted on the side of a mountainOne of the many statues of important deities inside the templesA wall photo depicting the body of Mother Earth with locations in the HimalayasLama Tenzin didn't wear his robes while visiting Tibet.Another mural before e Read more:Photo
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Brave New Traveler Five Hilarious Travel Photo Contest 2007-04-17 01:25:00 I've sorted through tons of old travel photos, and this is the best I can do for my entry to Brave
New Travel
er.htm">Traveler
's Hilarious Travel Photo
s contest. The deadline is April 23rd! Here are my five with my commentary--I don't know HOW hilarious they are to others, but I find them funny.What do ya think? Gold and Low?I hope the dragon doesn't see me!Up Yours!Which one has the longer one?The monster who came in from the cold... Read more:Contest
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, Brave New Traveler
Visiting Yoganada's Childhood Home 2007-04-24 00:59:00 On one of our trips to India, we had the distinct honor and privilege of being invited into Yogananda's childhood home in Calcutta. We were first invited to meditate in his attic bedroom where four of us each experienced an altered state. My partner swears he heard someone chanting Om. I saw a vision of Krishna. And our two friends each had an equally distinct experience.After our meditation, we were offered tea by the nephew of the uncle of Yogananda and the opportunity to purchase vintage photos of Yogananda. We sat at the kitchen table, and I wept bhakti tears because of this treasure trove of incredible photos spread out before us on the table.Here are some of the incredible photos I purchased that magical day as well as the ones I took of the bedroom and the exterior of the home in Calcutta.And by all means read the classic book Yogananda wrote called "Autobiography of a Yogi"--a book which has changed many lives. Read more:Childhood
In Search of Sacred Stones 2007-05-08 23:06:00 I don't know how I became so fascinated with ancient, sacred stones. Through the years, I've made pilgrimages to out-of-the-way places around the world to be in the presence of sacred stones, and I've been graced with energies and wisdom-- either installed or intrinsic-- in the stones.The strangest, most shocking experience was with one of the giant blue stones in Stonehenge. For more information about these famous blue stones, click here. Our group leader had arranged for our small thirteen member group to be allowed inside Stonehenge and experience the stones up close and personal. Knowing this was to be, I had schlepped a large crystal bowl tuned to the base chakra from my home in Maui.Sitting on the ground against one of the large blue Stones
with the sun going down behind me, I spread my legs apart with the crystal bowl resting on the ground (and it's rubber base) between my legs and began running the small mallet around the edge of the bowl to make my bowl sing. If you're Read more:Search
What's Your Favorite Island? 2007-05-15 23:06:00 Since I'm a frequent contributer to Concierge, I decided to submit my island in their latest email offering to me. I don't think you win anything with this contest, but there's another contest running right now which you might want to look into as the prize is very GOOD!The contest I contributed to today is their latest one: Submit Your FavoriteIsland
!Since I live on Maui and blog about Maui on THREE blogs, how could I pass this opportunity up?! I saw after I had submitted two other people who had already submitted Maui, so that made me happy! Like I said in my submission, Maui is 'No Ka Oi' which means Maui Is The Best! And that's how we feel who live on Maui!I saw some of my other favorite islands already submitted: Santorini, Ibiza, Moorea, and St. Barts! Concierge also has a social networking set-up online where you can create your own suitcase, make friends and invite friends, and make comments.What's your favorite island?
Yotel Opens 2007-06-01 12:50:00 Yesterday I received an email from Yotel notifying me that their Gatwick Airport Hotel at the South Terminal is now open for business. I put myself on their mailing list after I had blogged about their hotel concept on another one of my blogs, Way Khool Sites, sometime last year.I am quite taken with the concept and the design of their mini hotel rooms. In a space of 7 square meters, you can fit TWO people with all these amenities: a flatscreen tv, cabin menu 24 hours a day, free internet access, shower, hairdryer, towels, etc. What I particularly like about it is that you can rent the rooms hourly or overnight, and they are located right at the airport! How many times have I wished for the convenience of such an accommodation on a long layover!Now if they'll get successful and expand so that when I travel, I can book a room online, I'll be a happy camper!Right now I don't plan to go to England or Europe this summer, but should my plans change, I'll book a room with them just for
Visiting The Ancient Yew 2007-06-05 15:51:00 Many years ago when my partner and I were spending time in England, we heard from some locals about the oldest yew tree, and since the tree wasn't too terribly far from where we were staying, we had a taxi take us to this ancient yew tree in the English countryside.Many people probably wouldn't go out of their way for a TREE, but I'm different because I'm a passionate tree lover, and I believe trees are living beings. I commune with trees.The second photo isn't really that great, but if you examine it, the age of this yew tree is stated as 1700 years old! That's a tree who's been there and done that! Imagine the wisdom of this tree, and imagine the things it's witnessed!However, I now read on the net that another yew tree in Scotland hold the record of being the oldest tree.Yews were often planted on ley lines, and later on in history churches were built on these sacred power places, and that is why you often find yew trees near churches in England.For those that don't know mu Read more:Ancient
Tara Forever 2007-06-07 16:03:00 My very first psychic reading happened in an high-rise office building in Hollywood, California. I was twenty-one and a greenhorn. Coming from a Midwest religious background, I knew nothing about psychics or for that matter history, for I had only been exposed to a narrow range of thinking (or programming)at that time.My husband went with me, and we both had readings. The psychic sat behind a basic business-looking desk, and he looked not at all 'woo-woo'. He wore business attire, and he spoke with authority. We sat in chairs facing him at his desk, and we were more than a bit stunned as we heard what he had to tell us for it sounded like science fiction!This is a short paraphrase summary of what he said:He said that I was of the race of the Tuatha De Danann, and that it wouldn't be until my older age that I would meet many of my kin.I had been brought here on a starship piloted by my current husband who at that time was an android. It took him a long time to gain a soul on Earth, b Read more:Forever
Newgrange Didn't Disappoint Me 2007-06-16 16:26:00 There are some famous and historical places that have disappointed me. I guess I built them up so BIG in my mind that when I finally viewed them, they seemed much smaller and less dramatic than I had fantasized....like the Great Pyramid for instance.However, Newgrange wasn't one of these let-downs! No, the moment I laid my eyes on Newgrange set like a precious jewel in a large field of green, my mouth fell open for the site is simply magnificent....and just as big as I had seen in my mind's eye. For those that don't know about Newgrange, it's a stone age (or megalithic) passage tomb structure in the Boyne Valley of Ireland and best known for it's illumination passage chamber on the Winter Solstice. After paying the entry fee, our tour leader took a group of us into the small interior and showed us where the beam of light on the winter solstice will strike the interior, and even though we weren't there on that special day, the feeling was still quite magical. I imagine the interio
Linking to Travel Blogs 2007-07-30 23:50:00 One of my bad habits is reading delightful travel blogs and then neglecting to post on my OWN travel blog! As you might notice, ahem....I haven't posted here for awhile! It's certainly not because I don't have plenty of travel tales and photos!However, reading the delightful blog A Month In Venice, I couldn't resist adding to this link train. Please jump onboard this train by adding your blog at the end, and then posting it on your blog so we all can get some more link love!Start Copying Here___________________ The Originals A Month In VeniceTravel
MinxBudget GlobetrottingUbertrampGoBackpackingVintage-Tees ___________________End Copying Here_______________________ Read more:Blogs
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Monaco Mon Amour 2007-08-17 20:42:00 I fell in love with Monaco
before I ever laid physical eyes on her. I fell in love with the IMAGES of Monaco I'd seen in magazines and television---images of Princess Grace's marriage, of casinos, of wealth, of yachts, of palm trees, of the Beautiful People. These are the images of Monaco most displayed in glossy publications. If there are any ghettos or slums, I'm sure they're hidden far, far away from all cameras. Maybe there aren't any!The first time I saw Monaco I was traveling around Europe with my husband, and we briefly stopped in Monaco. However, we were driving to Greece at that time with a scheduled appointment awaiting us, and so we didn't stay for more than one day. Since I was already in love with Monaco, I was saddened to say goodbye after ONLY one day.It wasn't for another long stretch of years that I FINALLY made it back to Monaco, this time with two French girlfriends. However, once again, the timing wasn't for me to stay long, and we had to leave after TWO day Read more:Amour
The Wonder Of The Taj Mahal 2008-01-18 20:37:00 Here's the "official" story as written on Wikipedia about the Taj Mahal
:"The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, that was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal."However, an alternate theory speculates that this story is just that--a story! The alternative version goes like this:"This story has been challenged by Professor P.N. Oak, author of Taj Mahal: The True Story, who believes that the whole world has been duped. He claims that the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz Mahal's tomb, but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya), worshipped by the Rajputs of Agra city.In the course of his research, Oak discovered that the Shiva temple palace had been usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Ja
Searching for Nessie 2008-01-12 13:35:00 On our Scottish adventure, we covered a lot of ground-- not only physically, but also metaphysically. My partner-- being the ardent golfer he is-- had to check-out the famous golf courses of Scotland such as St. Andrews and Gleneagles.I, on the other hand, wanted to experience Findhorn, Callanish (the former post), and most of all, Loch Ness. Somehow we managed to fit all of our interests into our adventure. We even managed to do touristy things like visit old castles and watch bagpipers pipe. We stayed at one expensive hotel where we actually pulled a long fat cord which rang the bell of the establishment and let them know we had arrived--something out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. We oohed and ah'd at the subtle color of wild purple heather as we whizzed past the Scottish Highlands.
The Standing Stones of Callanish 2007-12-28 16:34:00 The trip to Callanish, Scotland involves quite a bit more travel than going to Stonehenge, England. Thus, this is why Callanish is not very crowded. Actually, when we visited, we were the ONLY two people visiting for a long time--just us and the massive, magical stones!Here's what we had to do to travel to Callanish: take a ferry from the Scotland Mainland to the Isle of Lewis. Rent a car at Stornoway (the closest big town). We already had a reservation at local lodging arranged before arriving, so we checked in and deposited our few bags in our room, and then we headed directly for the stones down winding country roads.The Isle of Lewis is in the Western Isles of Scotland, the Outer Hebrides.What are these massive stone circles and single menhirs doing here? No one really knows, but there Read more:Standing
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The Stones of Stonehenge 2008-01-21 15:18:00 Tomorrow --June 1st-- there will be a National Geographic special about Stonehenge. Here's a link to a MSNBC story titled, "Did Stonehenge start out as a royal cemetery?"And here's the link to the National Geographic Special called Stonehenge Decoded.I have somewhat of a similar viewpoint about the "cemetery" part, but mine is much more far out version given what happened to me at Stonehenge....bu Read more:Stones
The Mysterious Kuan Yin Temple 2008-07-08 21:21:00 Many years ago my partner and I spent several weeks in Northern Thailand, and every day our driver would drive us to different sacred sites. His English was poor as were our Thai language skills, but he knew what we most wanted: temples, sacred sites, and holy places.On one of these outings, we discovered this colorful Kuan Yin shrine. We were the only two visitors, and so we had the place to ours Read more:Temple
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