reflection

in sante fe and on the bus ride here had long times to think

reading a book called leaps... interviews with women in their 55s and 60s...wondering what to do with the rest of their lives... she interviews many women and draws it out into a very readable story.... she herself is wondering what to do.. she has earlier written books but now nobody wants her writing anymore.... she is still driven by ambition and along the way as she interviews she gets the message of slowing down looking at the future with new eyes... have not finished it as yet........ the title leap.... gives the message. it is time to leap into new things that you have thot about... to conquer fears because this is almost the last time that you have to do what you have wanted to do....

unfortunately the book was all about white celbrity women with issues like losssing their beauty and face lifts... not too relevant ...but yet even for me it was interesting to read about how other single maried women were looking at the rest of their lives..........

.so go this thought....... why not write a book .......am thinking of putting together a book with interviews with men and women in this age group ... 60s.....have some people in mind...suzie, jana, chris in japan. lawrence in france, linda in US.... multi cultural and with people who have a somewhat different perspective on life....

america largely is very concerned about ssucess and competition..... i think that the people i wld like to be part of the book would be those who have had a somewhat different perspective which is different from those chasing the american dream...somewhat more aware..... people from different cultures and how they are living different from the mainstream................... on this trip meeting many freinds many who are really interesting and now are going though changes wondering where to live what to do...... some like janet have retired and are doing art...........


beside this have a nice book also..........
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peoples response to lifestyle farmer has been quite positive......... i am liking this space ....... a publishing space

and maybe some music.floy ?

few thots

when people say that americans are obese never realised what they meant .. you have to see these people to beleive it.... all ages...even 10 year old kids........ are like huge meaning huge..over 300 lbs, their arms sagging stomachs like must be over 60 inches...there is so many really obese people here...they move on motorised little scootys all over in the malls and the streets since htey cannot move otherwise..... our indian so called fat people look very thin,

all the cups for cofee or soft drinks are like super big...... if you can imagine two big cups that will be there regular and large would be even bigger....... many drink so many soft drinks...like cola....

almost half the trip is over...... it has been so many different experiences ....... looking back on the blog its like ive been through all that.????.......... experience, or everyday life seems more and more like a dream... the blog reminds me that what i have done,norway paris brittany seatle caming reed reunion .... but there is this feeling that it happened, its past..., its no longer there...... your mind can keep on holding onto it... but for what? it has gone.... always will go.... yet we like to think about so called existence as really happening....individual lives we hang on so much to our own little lives ........

for me its giving a tremendous feeling of expansion....like it matters little what you do, and you can do what ever you want because it all passes away ..... there is no memory in the universe....

cant really figure out what it is i want to say.

am really moving nowadays... 30 hours in the bus 3 nites in denver....9 hours by bus then 2 nites in sante fe..... leaving today to los angeles..... ahin is busy but am taking a bus to meet linda who was in india for several years, also a guru bandhu . then back to los angeles same day to take the over nite bus to san fransisco .. athena and few freinds.... two nites then to portland one day then seattle one nite and then the trip to meet doug and kayoko on graham island....... then 48 hour bus ride to toronto..........then newyork and 20th july plane to mumbai....................oooooooooof

more pix next time...........