Today its hot in Healdsburg. 104+. A good reminder that the heat of preparing for departure is upon us: readying the diesel converted 1984 two-tone Westfalia Van for the drive across country; locking down dates to visit Thich Nhat Han's Buddhist monastery in Hue Vietnam; submitting a summary of the Ellison Sojourn and its relevance to the work of Blu Skye to gain an invite to speak at the TEDindia conference. Then of course, there is always the question of meeting the King of Bhutan to explore what Gross National Happiness means.

They say practice makes perfect. I'll keep writing. We'll see if anyone writes back and is interested. I suppose first I have to tell someone there's a blog.

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