Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

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  • Day 11 – Yoga, Meditation and The Beatles

    I woke early to take a Yoga class. My instructor arrived at the hotel on a Vespa. He greeted me with his hands together 🙏 and head bowed saying Namaste and introduced himself as Krishna. I followed him to the hotel’s yoga room where mats were ready. He asked if I’d like the fans on. Read more

  • Day 11 – Sacred Cows and Dogs

    Cows are sacred in India. No one eats beef and pork isn’t on the menu. When there is meat in restaurants it’s chicken and fish. As you’ve seen in my blogs, cows are all over the place. Traffic routes around them and honking is useless, they don’t move unless they want to. They are out Read more