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The 26th... crocuses in bloom

It's 16:30 and I'm too tired to blog because it's midnight in Europe and my body thinks it's there and doesn't care that I'm here.

26th ... my sister was due to be born. She waited until the 27th.
26th ... my father was taken to the hospital and died later that day, age 82.

Hmm.

Today is also the first day of Ayyám-i-Há for all my Baháʼí friends. I used to have parties and give gifts ... way-back-when. My personal world is smaller and different now.

What should I discuss about being frugal and traveling in a series of blogs?

1. Frugality. What you need and not what you want. Finding ways to live beneath your means. How can I do it and why.
2. Passion as a need. Finding one's passion... or better... recognizing it! Pursuing it.
3. How to travel frugally and still enjoy it. How to fill a day with joy instead of merely chasing it.
4. Know yourself, but be prepared to compromise. Flexibility and the ability to adapt are virtues.

Well ... that's a beginning to be expanded on over the next 4 days.

And ... it's still winter in Montana but I saw crocuses in bloom today.

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