The odes, oddities, and O Deities of a world traveler

Did you know: Monarch Generations

Monarch butterflies’ migration encompasses four generations, the last of which flies from Canada to Mexico?
Ode to Family

Family is close. Your family is the one set of people that you are certainly around entirely, that you will never be truly separated from, that will always be there unasked, that will remain unchanged no matter the circumstance. This can be the most amazing thing if you choose to interact with them well. They…
Did you know: Humming Bird Migration

several species of hummingbird migrate across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea in one, non-stop flight? Where do they get the fat reserves? Insects.
Ode to Kindles

Kindles are a traveler’s best friend. I have had mine for almost a decade. I still remember the entire suitcase of books I had to pack for studying abroad in Italy. It weighed the maximum a suitcase on an international flight could, and lugging it through train stations and onto the Funiculare was in a…
Did you know: Alphabet? Hah!

there are 57 consonant sounds and 16 vowel sounds in English?
On Social Relationships

Strangers: Stars Strangers are like stars observed in the night sky. They are observed from a far and have a lot of similarities to each other. They pass by with little effect on our lives except, perhaps those that create the beauty of constellations. This is a superficial observation with little relation to the actual…
Did you know: huckles- and -cieves

the words perceptive, receive, and incipient have the same root? Capere means to catch, or capture.
Ode to Shorts

Shorts are comfortable. They allow you to regulate your temperature on a hot day without having to resort to extreme measures of stripping or seeking out water. They are less likely to get tattered or dirty than pants are. Often made from more comfortable, and faster drying materials. Cargo shorts in particular have more pocket…