A hedgehog up close - Golan Heights Israel. I had no idea what this girl was holding so lovingly and carefully. An Israeli desert shrub maybe? Then she put it down. This is a first for me. A real live Hedgehog, up close! And now I can share a video . Easy and vegan chocolate cake - a travelers treat. Has it hit you . To catch you up on my travels since July.

Not all those who wander, are lost.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.

Identity has been watered down for me. In these names they have called for me. Like a thousand yellow birds that have been laid down. A white sheet shifts over top. Every wing sways to a dancing weight of body and bone. And my blood knows my name. And my blood knows your name. And my name sinks under earth.

A collection of ramshackle outbuildings. A whole lot of work to do. And some greenhorns from the suburbs. Tuesday, March 8, 2011. We have a move in date! Monday, March 7, 2011. This particular wheel comes from Benjamin Moore.