2010.05.24 19:00 - Traveling lightly

The Guardian for this meeting was SophiaSharon Larnia. The comments are by Calvino Rabeni, Archmage Atlantis, Paradise Tennant, and SophiaSharon Larnia. During this session, we talked about road trips, and lightening the material load.

SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Calvino :)
Calvino Rabeni: Good evening SophiaSharon !
SophiaSharon Larnia: good evening :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: It still feels strange to be here so late ^^
Calvino Rabeni: A more liberal schedule then ?
SophiaSharon Larnia: Are you in Oregon Cal?
Calvino Rabeni: Yes, but I'm leaving for Washington at the end of the week
SophiaSharon Larnia: Washington, the state? :)
Calvino Rabeni: Yup that one
SophiaSharon Larnia: I'm considering driving to Nova Scotia in August
SophiaSharon Larnia: 700 or so miles
Calvino Rabeni: Do you like driving and road trips?
SophiaSharon Larnia: I love driving
SophiaSharon Larnia: but being so far from home with out knowing someone close is kind of scary
Calvino Rabeni: Oh, no one to visit then - are you going alone?
SophiaSharon Larnia: well, to the play as being retreat in nova scotia :)
Calvino Rabeni: RIght, I forgot that
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
SophiaSharon Larnia: whoa I didnt even think about asking to pick up anyone ^^
Calvino Rabeni: That's fun to carpool - it adds to the visit too
SophiaSharon Larnia wonders what doing the 9 seconds all the way from PA to Nova Scotia would be like :)
Calvino Rabeni: If time's not tight, I like to drop in on friends along the way
Calvino Rabeni: It's about 800 miles
Calvino Rabeni: I often wondered what it would be like to have a "road job"
Calvino Rabeni: trucker, or traveling sales rep, or some such
Calvino Rabeni: Well as long as it is fantasy, how about "book-mobile"
Calvino Rabeni: (do they still have those?)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I think they do lol
SophiaSharon Larnia: why a fantasy? I'm was serious :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I was*
SophiaSharon Larnia: Google says 680 miles :)
Calvino Rabeni: I know - this was a self-cautionary note
Calvino Rabeni: There have been many times I made a trip and after, chided self for making it too efficient
SophiaSharon Larnia: I've over planned myself, usually as a result of anxiety

SophiaSharon Larnia: just like the romantic notion of it, go for a drive, and get there when I get there, no rush
Calvino Rabeni: I like that notion too
SophiaSharon Larnia: no fear, no what if, just go.
Calvino Rabeni: One thing I haven't tried, maybe a similar notion, is to one day decide - I'm going to go to Europe (or somewhere far) TODAY - and then just go to the airport
SophiaSharon Larnia: wow yes
Calvino Rabeni: You know, cheap flight, using the last minute fairs, maybe standby, or the online auction sites
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes you could get really lucky that way
Calvino Rabeni: Could be a good deal - plane not full, they let it go for cheap
Calvino Rabeni: But I do travel with less and less "stuff" packed along
Calvino Rabeni: Long time, Archmage :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I just got rid of a large amount of things to good will
SophiaSharon Larnia: HI Arch :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: they even picked it up
Archmage Atlantis: Hi,
Archmage Atlantis: Sophiak Cal
Archmage Atlantis: funky fiingers tonight, sorry
SophiaSharon Larnia: its ok Arch
SophiaSharon Larnia: I've felt this urge to get rid of half of my posessions in fact.
SophiaSharon Larnia: they're gone, now
Calvino Rabeni: I'm still blaming the kbd and SL for my typing peccadilloea2f3s
Archmage Atlantis: smiles
Calvino Rabeni: Lightening the material load then
SophiaSharon Larnia: indeed
Archmage Atlantis: Well, I could say having just seen Avatar for the first time, I'm sort of "affected" *g*
SophiaSharon Larnia: more than spring cleaning, i was rather ruthless
Calvino Rabeni: Well I had an unusual way to do that.. I just moved out of my house, and rented it out as a furnished house!
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Calvino Rabeni: Just meaning "only", not "recently"
Archmage Atlantis: Oh my, the giving up all my possessions moment :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: thats works too! Most of the things i got rid of though, were clothes and various home stuffs, not so much furniture
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Paradise
Paradise Tennant: smiles hiya sophia .. cal.. arch :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: much of it had sad memories for me
Archmage Atlantis: The banks and medical establishment helped me out with my clean out.....
Archmage Atlantis: Funny, guess it had to be that way :)
Calvino Rabeni: Hi Paradise
Archmage Atlantis: Hi Paradise
Calvino Rabeni: I guess the topic is Material Possessions
Paradise Tennant: ah and letting go :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles
SophiaSharon Larnia: or road trips, if you prefer ^^
Calvino Rabeni: They do carry sadness and nostalgia
Paradise Tennant: loves road trips :) so does the dog ..like the unplanned ones best ..oh let's go somewhere today :)
Calvino Rabeni: Travelling light, on the road of life (combined topic)
SophiaSharon Larnia: yay :) Paradise
Calvino Rabeni: Dogs are good for that
Archmage Atlantis: I like that viewpoint Cal
SophiaSharon Larnia: one of the reason why I want a dog, they are usually always game
Paradise Tennant: nods
Paradise Tennant: yep .. love to go places ..new smells .. :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hehe, for you or the dog?
Paradise Tennant: lol both of us I guess :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I can always smell the seashore
Calvino Rabeni: It is said there are dog people and cat people
Archmage Atlantis: Different seashores smell different
Calvino Rabeni: I wonder if they match some political orientations
Paradise Tennant: yes arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: Even on the East Coast
Paradise Tennant: you think ..can be people who are both cat and dog :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: true Arch
Calvino Rabeni: @arch, you might know, old fashioned navigation often used smell and even taste
SophiaSharon Larnia: someone who likes animals
Calvino Rabeni: More like a dog
Calvino Rabeni: Like, sampling the bottom of the river or sea, to smell/taste it
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, people can be cat and dog and bird and gerbil and alpaca....and anything else that comes alont

Archmage Atlantis: Well, just dropped in.....have a meeting......have a nice evening, morning, afternoon or nighttime depending on where your geographical location dictates. Take care.
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Arch
Calvino Rabeni: Someone :) Archmage
Paradise Tennant: take care .. arch :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I thought Id feel lighter or something, getting rid of all that
SophiaSharon Larnia: but basically indifferent
Paradise Tennant: must mean less dusting !
Paradise Tennant: smiles
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: actually I thought dogs would just knock it on the floor
SophiaSharon Larnia: laughs
Paradise Tennant: well there is that tail thing excellent sweeper of coffee tables :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh goody i need one of those
Calvino Rabeni: A 4-legged?
Calvino Rabeni: (sweeper, not coffee table I mean)
SophiaSharon Larnia: do you do a lot of traveling Paradise?
Paradise Tennant: was listening to eckhart tolle today .. while I cleaned house .. he spoke of .. our attachement to stuff as a thought object .. you have things because they are thought objects with which you define your self. would say maybe better to less defined :)
Paradise Tennant: yes sometimes for business ..
Paradise Tennant: can be gone a lot
Paradise Tennant: depends
Paradise Tennant: well if you count business travel
Paradise Tennant: not really travel you are too plugged in to .. really see anything usually
SophiaSharon Larnia: nods
Paradise Tennant: but travelling is really good .. for you
SophiaSharon Larnia: Im think of driving from PA to Nova Scotia
Paradise Tennant: specially the kind that is a complete break with your routine
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes!
Paradise Tennant: for hte retreat
Paradise Tennant: cool
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes
SophiaSharon Larnia: you frove from Canada to NJ
SophiaSharon Larnia: drove*
Paradise Tennant: come stay with me .. for a bit .. it is sort of your way ..
Paradise Tennant: yes
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh??
Paradise Tennant: blinking do not think it is out of the way
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Paradise Tennant: have you seen toronto
SophiaSharon Larnia: when something is 700 miles away, 'close' is sort of relative anyway
SophiaSharon Larnia: no Ive never been to Canada
Paradise Tennant: may end up going to the retreat too ..have not decided yet
SophiaSharon Larnia: oooh
Paradise Tennant: well canada is really beautiful
Paradise Tennant: toronto is nice big clean city that has lots to do and see .. good galleries musuems .. arts and the like
SophiaSharon Larnia: what an exciting idea :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles have a fair number of guest during hte summer .. I am on the water downtown so you can walk most places
Paradise Tennant: have you done many long road trips .. found the drive to princeton a bit longer than i anticipated
SophiaSharon Larnia: the longest Ive done was only 4 hours
SophiaSharon Larnia: why I'm not sure what Id be getting into
SophiaSharon Larnia: how long was it for you?
Paradise Tennant: lol
Paradise Tennant: well I stopped here an there
SophiaSharon Larnia: I could do the 9 sec the whole way :))
Paradise Tennant: but I think the better part of 11 hours
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh wow yes
Paradise Tennant: my trip planner said 9
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: I got to the border and reallized Ihad left my passport behind and had to turn around
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes I remember how tiring
Paradise Tennant: not use to needing a passport to go the states
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes

SophiaSharon Larnia: I admnire you tenacity there, i think I wouldve turned and stayed home. I've thought about that a few times since then
Paradise Tennant: well if you have the time you should try to come for a few days .. montreal is beautiful too
SophiaSharon Larnia: admire your*
Paradise Tennant: lol
Paradise Tennant: funny would not have thought of it
SophiaSharon Larnia: sorry, i type worse when im tired ^^
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: me too
SophiaSharon Larnia: thank you for the offer :))
Paradise Tennant: I find these sessions are always at the end of my day so I am .. often a llittle slow :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ive read many evening session, and find them usually very insightful
SophiaSharon Larnia: dare I say more so that the 1300 sessions, which are not theme sessions
Calvino Rabeni: I've noticed that also
Calvino Rabeni: It depends on the number of people?
Calvino Rabeni: Or maybe, that it is "after work" for the europeans?
Calvino Rabeni: Not sure :)
Calvino Rabeni: OOPS GTG, dinner call arrived :)
Paradise Tennant: okeis
Calvino Rabeni: Thanks Sophia and Paradise
SophiaSharon Larnia: have fun Cal
Paradise Tennant: take care cal :)
Calvino Rabeni: Bye for now
SophiaSharon Larnia: yum yum
Paradise Tennant: well I should scoot too .. going to finish some chores ... it was a long weekend here but it flew by :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes :) Have fun Paradise
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye for now
Paradise Tennant: kk byn big wave :)
Paradise Tennant: bfn
Paradise Tennant: lol
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)