I wanted to do a penultimate blog entry about the high and low points of my trip. It's been so amazing and delicious that I'm even going to do a section on the highlights of the lowlights! Let me begin with the good stuff:
Southwest Retreat Highlights
1) Visiting with my friend in Tempe. What a wonderful way this has been to bookend my trip! Thank you so much, sweetie. Love you lots! Some Even Higher Lights of this highlight: a) Conscious Dance at East West Exchange! If you're ever in the Tempe area, and you enjoy dancing, you need to go. b) dinner at The Blue Nile! Ethiopean food, with a few interesting twists. Delicious! c) Sunday music jam at East West Exchange! I sang Song of the Warrior Woman for this group of uber-talented musicians (which definitely includes my friend!), and I made enough of an impression for one gentleman to forward my friend a couple of poems for me. A gift of moving poems for a poet. What a sweet and fitting highlight! Oh, and one of the songs we all sang together was Yoda by Weird Al! That's a highlight within a highlight for this die-hard Weird Al fan!
By the way, my friend has a CD out on cdbaby, which I encourage you to check out: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/eireencullen. She told me yesterday she recently sold a CD to someone in New South Wales; now she's an international phenomenon!
2) Sedona. I just love the place! What more can I say, except that I most definitely want to go again! Oh, and a few Even Higher Lights of this highlight: a) the food at ChocolaTree (yum! Live Spice Pie! See photo.) b) The sweat lodge experience (thanks, Rahelio!) c) The incredible beauty everywhere I turned, and d) having my friend from Tempe visit me for a day! Wheeee!
3) Exploring. I did a lot of what I call Shamanic Driving on my trip, which means I drove around different areas and stopped wherever I felt called to stop. I found some delightful places I never would have seen otherwise, among them The Arizona Meteor Crater National Monument! Fun stuff (see photo).
4) The Grand Canyon. WOW! I mean, just, like, WOW. What an incredible experience. Left me breathless and speechless. The photo at the top of my blog says it all. I was in total bliss!
5) Old Town Albuquerque. I felt I found the soul of Albuquerque walking through the public art and abode-adorned streets of Old Town (see photos). Even Higher Lights of this highlight: a) Ghost Tour! I love these, and have been on several over the years. The Albuquerque ghost tour ranks among the best I've taken, and I highly recommend it! b) History Tour! New Mexico has a rich and fascinating history. Albuquerque celebrated its tricentennial in 2006, having been founded in 1706.
That's going to be it for this round of Highlights and Lowlights. I just realized that if I keep on, this will end up being the longest blog post in the history of blog posts!
I'll continue with the highlights in my next post, and probably do the lowlights in the post after that. As always, thanks so much for reading, and take care.
May your days be filled with what you love most.
That's going to be it for this round of Highlights and Lowlights. I just realized that if I keep on, this will end up being the longest blog post in the history of blog posts!
I'll continue with the highlights in my next post, and probably do the lowlights in the post after that. As always, thanks so much for reading, and take care.
May your days be filled with what you love most.
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