Travel Lag

Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.
-Eudora Welty

I am six hours away from my usual self. I left Kona on Thursday and flew to Honolulu, then to Dallas, then to Pittsburgh late Friday afternoon and on to Morgantown, West Virginia, by car. My luggage arrived safely but my face took thirty-six hours to land. My eyes will be blood shot for another twelve hours, if I'm lucky.

That's all the whining I will do because I did land safely, three times! I haven't changed the time on my clocks, mechanical and biological, and usually am affected by the changing time zones and altitudes when I return to Hawaii (October 12). There's too much to see and absorb while I'm away from my usual self so I send these links ahead:

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Photo: Tom Magliery