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This Tooth Shall Not Pass

As much as I love to travel I’m not going to sit here in my kitchen/living room/office and pretend it doesn’t have its pangs and perplexities.  It’s moments when you look to the “friendly skies” and wonder what was I thinking?  Don’t need to spend 17 hours of my life in an airport.  Don’t need to get yelled at by a flight attendant;  “I said turn your phone ALL the way off sir.”  Getting frisked by a large man in uniform…not my idea of a holiday in the sun.

Everyone’s tense.  Everyone’s in a hurry.  Some are yelling or coughing or just have a thick Italian accent,  hard to tell.  Traveling can feel like a perpetual trip to Costco during Christmas with a neck pillow.  Continue reading