Tag: healer

• Our Lady of the Train Station

  The train system in Europe is amazing, but for the uninitiated it can be a bit overwhelming at first.  So when the Old Lady with a shopping bag approached us at the S Bahn ticket kiosk in the Munich airport, we were grateful for her assistance.  “Vere are you going?” she asked, outing us as…

  Gonzo Girl

  May 17, 2026

  Bicycle Touring, European Cycling, Gonzo Girl

  Adventure Travel, Aging, Appreciating Life, Appreciating the moment, Authentic self, Bicycle Touring, Bike Packing, Bike Touring, Buddhism, compassion, Culture shock, cycling, Danube, European Cycle Tour, European trains, Eurovelo 6, Germany, gratitude, healer, kind strangers, kindness, life, life purpose, life reflection, Living in the moment, love, Middle-Age Adventure, old age reflection, Old Dog New Tricks, Over 60 Adventure, Peace, Personal Growth, personal reflection, purpose, reflection, relationships, Retirement, saints, shaman, Slow Travel, trains, travel, True self, US Culture, What really matters

• My Shamans

  Bart. That was the name of my first Shaman. It was the early 2000’s. My family had decided to spend the Christmas holiday in the small seaside village of Puerto Morelos, Mexico.  Sitting on the beach, terribly hungover from a night of Margaritas followed by cartwheels down the street, I struck up a conversation with…

  Gonzo Girl

  March 14, 2026

  American Culture, Gonzo Girl

  American Culture, Appreciating Life, Appreciating the moment, Authentic self, Bhutan, Buddhism, compassion, existential, Family, friendship, gratitude, hangover, healer, life, life purpose, life reflection, Living in the moment, love, Middle-Age Adventure, Over 60 Adventure, parenting, Peace, Personal Growth, personal reflection, Puerto Morelos, purpose, relationships, Retirement, self-awareness, shaman, solace, Teaching Grandchildren, True self, What really matters