Happy Beltane to all you reading! May 1st has been considered since ancient times the doorway to summer, a day celebrated with flowers and bonfires and dances, a welcome to the sun. I got in touch with this special meaning one year ago, when I found myself busking on the streets of Oxford this same…
Author: Altea
Plot Twist and new explorations
Many of you are imagining me on travels across continents, but well, these are pandemic times… And plot twists are the rule! So, unexpectedly, I am still here at Sitka. As I write these words I am listening to an old song from Rita Pavone, from the 60s. We used to dance on it as…
Marvel stands its ground (aka Sitka’s Easter Bunnies)
Happy Easter to you all from the forest! As I enter my last week here at Sitka, I feel as free as I had ever been in the last weeks. I am soaking up all the magic around me, walking, dancing, listening, meeting new friends, and napping wrapped in the Northwestern sun. I am taking…
Flying lessons
As spring unrolls, so do my travels… and just like everybody’s, they will be quite different from what I imagined even one week ago! I spent the last 10 days going down a rabbit hole of researching, figuring out how the US immigration rules work (my ESTA permit is expiring soon), gathering informations on border…