I dream of languid summer rides, With roads that simmer in the sun, And have no end and ne’er a goal, Which only beg my presence – true and whole. Of autumn walks engulfed in hue, A rousing chill which leaves us ruddy too, Soft fibers wrapped around my neck, On endless walks – we Read More …
Author: tolchinsky
Poetry: Surrogate Tears
I can’t cry for her, for she is long gone, She can’t comfort or hear me for death’s deed is done. But some careless words, or a note in D minor, Bring me to tears and beg I go find her. Upon the image of her I dare not to look, Upon her fair visage Read More …
26. Temazcal: A Journey Within
Malinalco is a magical place tucked in a small valley just south of Mexico City. Back when Mexico was the land of the Mexica (Aztecs), warriors came to this place to cleanse and prepare for battle. The ruins of their council chambers still stand, and fortunately it is still possible to find an authentic Read More …
13. 11-11-11 Concluding North America
I set out to find myself and my place in the world. I set out to quench the wanderlust instilled in me when I was torn from the life I knew and loved and relocated to a country where I would feel out of place for 23 years. The message I have carried is that Read More …
12. 10-10-11 USA: The Ride – Part II
A New BikeAfter completing the first stage of my journey – New York to Minnesota, via 9500 miles of Canada and the US – I decided to visit my father in Israel for a few months. I am a writer after all, and he had a lot of material I need for one of the Read More …
10. 9-5-11: Losing My Sense of Urgency
It was one of those carefree summer days that made you wish the season had no end.I met Kyle and Evan, two musicians from Thunder Bay, and Damien, a couch surfer from France, at local diner. The accoutrements were of the 50’s and 60’s, the service at times so lacking that you had to get Read More …
25.Less Glorious Realities of MCY Travel
What people think: “This is so amazing, I wish I could drop everything and travel the world, you are so lucky, I am soo jealous. I wish I could be as free as you.” “You are so brave to do this. You are doing what millions wish they could do.” ”You get to see incredible Read More …
Choosing The Truth of Our Humanity
Rain doesn’t start as a drop; a cloud begins to empty its content of moisture in a torrential release, like a damn breaking. But no matter how hard or how much it rains we feel it one drop at a time. When we soak, we are soaked by individual droplets: small pieces of that release Read More …
24. 1-15-13: Mexico City
Mexico City is everything one would expect from one of the biggest and most populated cities in the world. No matter how much I love and long for nature, there is an undeniable pulse, which only a big city has, toward which I am drawn – like a drug addict seeking his next high. The Read More …
23. 1-10-13: No Room at the Synagogue
Rejected at God’s Door in Mexico City In the last 20 months of travel I have found myself without a place to go many times: sometimes in a city, sometimes in the country, sometimes in the rain, and usually at night. But every time I found myself in need, someone stepped up and opened their Read More …