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Comment on Inspiring Travelers: Scott + Christy from Ordinary Traveler by Helen Hunter Mackenzie

Helen Hunter Mackenzie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000

What an inspiring post! I love what Scott + Christy are up to and I love how you brought them into this space to share, Tracey. What a fascinating interview: I especially loved how Scott + Tracey went to Vietnam despite the warnings, and ended up loving it. You get what you look for, in my experience, and it seems that these two amazing people are looking for a beautiful adventure!

Comment on Inspiring Travelers: Scott + Christy from Ordinary Traveler by Sue Ann Gleason

Sue Ann Gleason — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0000

This post reminds me of how much I need to stretch my wings and travel for “fun” and for the experience of getting to know a new place and a new culture. I tend to spend a lot of time attaching trips to family obligations or brain-filling business development opportunities. Perhaps it’s time for a shift. . .

Comment on Your Weekly Dinner Plan by Top 10 Gifts for Your Valentine | The Gourmet Food Blog

Top 10 Gifts for Your Valentine | The Gourmet Food Blog — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:50:19 +0000

[...] enjoying life through food and travel at The Busy Hedonist. She offers busy food lovers an easy + convenient dinner plan of fresh, seasonal dishes with weekly menus + shopping lists. Tracey’s articles about food + travel have [...]

Comment on 20 items keep stocked for easy cooking + baking by nasrin shah abushakra

nasrin shah abushakra — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:39:00 +0000

how did i miss this? on my way to add to my pantry, thanks for the tips!

Comment on Feel okay, wherever you are in the world by Sue Ann Gleason

Sue Ann Gleason — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:08:00 +0000

Yes, this is the Tracey I know and love. I see the amazing motherWOMAN you’ve become and this glimpse of your independence and your spirit at a young age was refreshing!

Comment on Inspiring Travelers: Scott + Christy from Ordinary Traveler by nasrin shah abushakra

nasrin shah abushakra — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:24:00 +0000

I am all over this! What an amazing interview. I love learning about people that are drawn to travel and learn. Also, those that emerge themselves in the culture of the people, that get their hands dirty in the rustic as well as the glamour of it all. We learn so much, even about ourselves when we see another land and actually intertwine ourselves with the foundation of it. Also, the idea of American’s traveling around the globe warms my heart since, we’re in most cases so far from the many parts of the world.

Comment on Feel okay, wherever you are in the world by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Thank you! I’m so glad you like it. I am finally weaving it all together! I truly embrace all that you’re teaching me about the daimon and about initiation events! Yes, getting an appendectomy abroad was certainly one of them! And you nailed it…that has been my compass point, that I am okay in this world. So profound!

Comment on Feel okay, wherever you are in the world by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:17:00 +0000

Having faith in Mama Earth…it’s so important. I’m glad It’s touching to know I inspired you when you had challenges/had to see doctors, etc! I had no idea…xoxo

Comment on Feel okay, wherever you are in the world by Kathleen Prophet

Kathleen Prophet — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:01:00 +0000

Tracey! I LOVE your new site! and how it perrrrrrfectly fits this new post! and yes… this IS what is stamped all over you, your wild cryptic genius as it has played out in your life from the earliest age! wow! I find it all so dream like… to be in the country of MY dreams (LOVE Japan… never been) to have experienced the culture on such an intimate level.. and then to have this very intimate event happen to you! One that involves your body and such vulnerability. To be cared for and tended to you truly as if you were one of their own… and perhaps even moreso, because you were a guest in their country. I LOVE how you end this story….

“I remember feeling alone, yet not completely alone. Somehow, continents away from my family and everything familiar to me, I knew I would be okay. And I was. I felt this sense of being okay in the world. Of being safe and protected.”

What an incredible initiating event. Now you hold this a your truth. Your compass point in life. while others see the world as a hostile place, you know that the truth of it is something other, something that is as universal as the care we feel in our own country, by our own parents.

Thank you! Awesome story! I see the pieces of your memoir weaving themselves together through all of these posts.

Comment on Feel okay, wherever you are in the world by nasrin shah abushakra

nasrin shah abushakra — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:27:00 +0000

Ah, I remember this as if it was yesterday. The above story fueled me often when I had to go to the doctors or had medical challenges overseas. Thank you for sharing it, it’s so empowering and allows us to KNOW that it doesn’t matter where we are. WE have to have faith in Mama Earth and know she has our back. Thank you so much for this powerful reminder.