Lee Ranaldo [Shan]

says, in this Seville arts magazine, "It´s easy to see clearly while traveling because so many of the mundane aspects of day-to-day living fall away and leave you free to contemplate larger issues -- such as where one fits in the world, where ´home´is, what values are important, etc."

While this is true, the values part, I find that traveling makes the mundane aspects bigger, into an adventure every day, because we have to figure out where we are, how it´s done here and how to say it in another language. This excites me, and it´s tiring, and I look forward to being somewhere for awhile. The country is of course easier than cities, and we will be camping soon. No matter where I am, if it´s different than what I´m used to, I can´t help asking: What is family? Where is home? How can people get along better? And the neverending: How do things work?