{"id":1838,"date":"2009-08-09T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2009-08-09T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-09T19:11:00","slug":"on-swimming-by-moonlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2009\/08\/09\/on-swimming-by-moonlight\/","title":{"rendered":"on swimming, by moonlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66783241@N00\/3793501615\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2477\/3793501615_c7630a43bf.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/> <span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66783241@N00\/3793501615\/\">Moon Hiding<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/66783241@N00\/\">vajra<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"> During my recent trip to Albuquerque I took very few pictures.  I think I needed to just <i>experience<\/i> the trip rather than document it visually.  So here are a few verbal &#8216;snapshots&#8217; of my travels to share with you:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Desert rain as I arrived in town.  The shuttle driver telling me that I should have brought an umbrella.  The smell of the wet hot breeze wafting across adobe plazas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Swimming by moonlight in a courtyard pool (this very moon that vajra captured in her photo), after sweet-talking a security guard into letting me (&#038; friends) stay past closing time.  Then the tolling of bells ringing out over the city, marking the late hour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;the characters of Albuquerque including the eccentric Ben Michael whose rustic restaurant and anti-corporate rants charmed me, the baker who admitted that he liked processed bread better than the flaky handmade pastries of his that I enjoyed, the waitress at Julia&#8217;s who was so hospitable that I couldn&#8217;t help but adore her quirky cafe (and oh, those watermelon napkins, the hot green chile sauce that liquified my sinuses and the honey &#038; frybread that reminded me so much of mom&#8217;s sopapillas that I was a child again), and the random strangers, including the hardened-looking man smoking with his buddy who was so eager to give me directions thru Old Town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;agave tea at the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) cafe, that made my throat feel so much better<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;my colleagues: who are brilliant and witty.  I loved sitting around the table &#038; hearing about their research and their dreams for the future.  There&#8217;s such comfort in knowing that I&#8217;m not alone in my passion for the past, and that there are others who share my quirkiness.  I especially appreciated their tolerance for my complete lack of direction, so when I said &#8220;I think that cafe is somewhere over there,&#8221; they were willing to follow (and gently nudge me in the correct direction along the way).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;the salty-looking shuttle driver as I left town, who had a PhD in Philosophy and who helped me remember that anyone might be so terrifically interesting and well-spoken that I need to be &#8216;present&#8217; even at 5 am after a night of fitful sleep.<\/p>\n<p><i>PS: pic above taken by Vajra, who I met up with (in person!) while in Albuquerque.  What fun it was to get a text message saying &#8220;I&#8217;m wearing a large blue hat and sitting in the plaza on the west side of the San Felipe church.&#8221;  The wandering around that ensued as I asked locals &#8220;which way is west?,&#8221; &#8220;Where is the church?,&#8221; etc, was <a href=\"http:\/\/wesak.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/credo.html\">the best possible treasure hunt<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moon Hiding, originally uploaded by vajra. During my recent trip to Albuquerque I took very few pictures. I think I needed to just experience the trip rather than document it visually. So here are a few verbal &#8216;snapshots&#8217; of my travels to share with you: &#8211;Desert rain as I arrived in town. 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