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​Tales of Travel, LifE, and Anxiety

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Chapter Fifteen: A Diagnosis

3/28/2020

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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world –- not even our troubles.
Charlie Chaplin

2011: Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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After the Diagnosis

2011: Vietnam

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I defeated claustrophobia crawling though the Cu Chi Tunnels.
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I made it out of the tunnels unscathed,
but my Vera Bradley bag wasn't so fortunate.


2012: Peru

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Susan and I pose for pictures before boarding the Cessna 206 for a flight over the Nazca Lines.
​I had no fear of flying!
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I took this photo of the spider geoglyph feeling totally tranquil!
Our Nazca pilot told us that many believe the geoglyphs were offerings to the gods. I wondered if they were giant ritual offerings.  l thought of the symbols of the Jewish festival of Sukkot.
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​My friends, Andrea and Mark, are waving the lulav, etrog, and willow branch at our 2020 celebration. ​

2013: Capri

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It was as though I was flying on the Seggiova Monte Solaro chairlift to the top of Mount Solaro.
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A strange sight below
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The locals call Mount Solaro "Cloud Catcher."  
​As we rose to the top of the mountain, the clouds parted, and we had a beautiful view of Capri. 

2012: In Flight

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I stopped taking the ritual photo of the airplane and started to look outwards. 

2020: Asheboro, North Carolina

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Zora and I spent two days in the woods of Asheboro, NC
​on a socially-distanced getaway from the pandemic. 

Monty Python's
​Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

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    CONTENTS

    Preface
    Chapter 1: Flying Foibles
    Chapter 2: Heights and
    ​     Enclosed Spaces

    Chapter 3: Falling
    Chapter 4: Men
    Chapter 5: Penises
    Chapter 6: Women
    Chapter 7: Lost
    Chapter 8: Pickpockets
    Chapter 9: Phantom
         Killers

    Chapter 10: Calamities
    Chapter 11: Crossing the
         Street

    Chapter 12: Illness
    Chapter 13: Toilets
    Chapter 14: Food
    Chapter 15: A Diagnosis
    Afterword
    ​The Tour Directors
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