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When you have to leave everything behind.

Many times in my life I have had to move to another distant location carrying only what I can carry in two suitcases and a carry-on. This means leaving a house or apartment with all the collected suff (books, paintings, appliances, tools, clothes, treasures collected, pets). In four or five years one can accumulate a lot of stuff, especially if you are a writer doing research, cooking, and an artist who paints and illustrates. I have a little bundle of precious brushes, and my legal and financial papers. Other than that all the important writing material is digitized and on various hard-drives, USB sticks, and in the web-book and tablet. EVERYTHING! All paper is scanned or photographed. In years past it amounted to many pounds of excess luggage that cost money to move.

What I have learned, is that it all is just stuff, and easily replaced or done without. Now I'm anxious to get back to a world where there are book stores with books in English and maybe television where I can see Game of Thrones.

Money is a consideration. For sure, the cost of traveling has become almost prohibitive. So major moves are about all that's allowed on a SS income. And I know better that to buy a new bicycle (They were always stolen) so I look for a beat-up old one that still works.

This time I am leaving cold and snow and changing it for tropic heat, dry desert air for humid heaven!

More about this as it happens...

Best wishes for this New Year. >>>iggy
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