Sojourner - Traveling with the “Canman”

Can you spell "whirlwind"? From a balmy San Diego family gathering to a snowy Sierra adventure, from raising hogs  to "raising the roof" on New Years eve. A fitting finale to a great year. Buon Anno! 

December in Yangon is deliciously warm and pleasant with a charming character - a reminder that there is more than one way to live and first world problems are for the most part trivial. Exquisite culinary delights at Seeds, a Michelin star restaurant owned and run by a Swiss couple overlooking Lake Inya, rejuvenating (and ridiculously inexpensive) Thai massages, long unhurried outdoor workout and yoga share space with smog smoked gritty city buildings, gaudy temples and ubiquitous street dogs. ( all photos ) Such a setting was an idea place to contemplate the last meditations of Anthony de Mello, a Jesuit priest who lived in India 40 years ago. Titled, "The Way to Love" the booklet  encompasses 31 enlightening lessons about life and relationships in daily devotionals.  I was delighted to discover something that integrates key tenets of Buddhism, Stoicism, Christianity, The Road Less Travelled ", "The Power of Now ", and polyamory philosophie